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MATCH NOTES: ROGERS CUP MONTRÉAL, CANADA | AUG 6–12, 2018 | USD $2,820,000 PREMIER 5

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ROGERS CUP – FINAL (SUNDAY)

Central [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)

Halep leads 6-2 Halep has won the pair’s last five meetings, including at this year’s Roland Garros final… Stephens has

never beaten a current World No.1 in seven attempts… Halep spent over an hour longer on court this week than the American… Ten American women have lifted the Rogers Cup in the Open Era

A LOOK AT THE FINALISTS

*Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

FINAL RECORDS PLAYER BEST 2018 RESULT

BEST ROGERS CUP RESULT

LAST FINAL REACHED (final result)

CAREER FINAL W/L

[1] Simona Halep WON (2): Shenzhen, Roland Garros

WON (1): 2016 2018 Roland Garros (WON) 17-14

[3] Sloane Stephens WON (1): Miami FINAL (1): 2018 2018 Roland Garros (R-Up) 6-1

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK

POINTS

DOUBLES USD $ RANK

POINTS Winner 519,480 900 Winner 143,600 900 Runner-Up 252,425 585 Runner-Up 72,534 585 Semifinalist 126,450 350 Semifinalist 35,910 350 Quarterfinalist 60,210 190 Quarterfinalist 18,075 190 Round of 16 29,010 105 Round of 16 9,170 105 Round of 32 14,860 60 Round of 28 4,530 1 Round of 64 8,015 1

PLAYER RANK AGE NAT ROGERS CUP (MD) W/L*

YTD W/L* CAREER W/L*

YTD PRIZE MONEY$^

CAREER PRIZE $^

CAREER TITLES

[1] Simona Halep 1 26 ROU 18-4 41-7 445-193 5,483,511 26,219,526 17 [3] Sloane Stephens 3 25 USA 11-5 26-11 258-169 2,987,641 11,295,745 6


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PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS AND RUNNERS-UP

YEAR CHAMPION RUNNER-UP 2017 Elina Svitolina Caroline Wozniacki 2016 Simona Halep Madison Keys 2015 Belinda Bencic Simona Halep 2014 Agnieszka Radwanska Venus Williams 2013 Serena Williams Sorana Cirstea 2012 Petra Kvitova Li Na 2011 Serena Williams Samantha Stosur 2010 Caroline Wozniacki Vera Zvonareva

If highlighted denotes competing in 2018 Rogers Cup main draw, excluding qualifiers

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BY THE NUMBERS

61 Sloane Stephens has broken serve 21 times en route to

the final, winning 61.8% of her return games – her season average is 42.7%

40 Simona Halep now has 41 wins to her name this season –

more than any other player on tour – with 23 of these coming on hard courts. Angelique Kerber and Elina

Svitolina (both 21) are the only other players to register more than 20 wins on hard

20 Three of Halep’s four opponents have been ranked inside

the Top 20

11 In the Open Era, only 11 players have won multiple Rogers Cups: Evonne Goolagong, Regina Marsikova,

Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Stefanie Graf, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Amélie

Mauresmo, Justine Henin and Serena Williams. Halep is bidding to become the 12th

0 Stephens is yet to drop a set. The last player to win this title without dropping a set was Serena Williams in 2013

ON THIS DAY: AUGUST 12, 2015 Teenage star Belinda Bencic stunned No.4 seed Caroline Wozniacki 7-5 7-5 in the second round of the Rogers Cup. The result was the start of a memorable week for the young Swiss, who scored further upsets over Sabine Lisicki, Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams and then Simona Halep in the final.

DOUBLES UPDATE: CHAN BACK TO NO.1 Latisha Chan will return to doubles World No.1 on Monday after reaching the final of the Rogers Cup with Ekaterina Makarova. Playing their first tournament together, Chan and Makarova took their place in Sunday’s final by edging past Andreja Klepac and María Jose Martínez Sánchez 6-4 7-6(3). Chan, who first reached No.1 in the rankings alongside Martina Hingis in late 2017, will now leapfrog Timea Babos to reclaim top spot. Meeting Chan and Makarova in the final will be Ashleigh Barty and Demi Schuurs, who overcame Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke 7-5 6-3.

MONTREAL - CANADA | Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 | $2,820,000 | PREMIER 5

MATCH NOTES

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)

Head to Head: SIMONA HALEP leads 6-2

2018 CLAY O F SIMONA HALEP 123 mins3-6 6-4 6-1 ROLAND GARROS

2017 HARD O SF SIMONA HALEP 55 mins6-2 6-1 CINCINNATI

2017 HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP 80 mins7-6(3) 6-0 WASHINGTON DC

2015 HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP 75 mins6-1 7-5 MIAMI

2014 CLAY O R16 SIMONA HALEP 78 mins6-4 6-3 ROLAND GARROS

2013 HARD O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS 47 mins6-1 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

2013 HARD O R16 SLOANE STEPHENS 63 mins6-4 6-0 HOBART

2012 CLAY O R1 SIMONA HALEP 95 mins6-4 6-4 BARCELONA

SIMONA HALEP

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1

27-09-1991 (26)

$5,483,511

$26,219,526

2 / 17

1 / 1

41-7 / 322-147

14-3 / 93-48

3-3 / 38-49

SLOANE STEPHENS

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6

20-03-1993 (25)

$2,987,641

$11,295,745

1 / 6

0 / 0

11-5

26-11 / 185-123

6-5 / 58-40

3-5 / 47-24

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

MONTREAL W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *

18-4

14-5 / 118-78 23-3 / 186-91

8-0 / 33-11 3-0 / 15-5

5-3 / 32-44 4-3 / 13-31

13-4 / 88-66 8-5 / 30-50

YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) *


YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-2 / 9-27 3-1 / 7-20

* Updated entering 2018 Montréal F

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1)

SF: d. [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) 6-4,6-1 (1h10)

QF: d. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) 7-5,6-1 (1h28)

R16: d. [13] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #14) 6-2,6-2 (1h11)

R32: d. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) 7-6(9),4-6,7-5 (3h07)

R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE FINAL

Vs.

[3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)

SF: d. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-3,6-3 (1h38)

QF: d. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) 6-2,6-2 (1h09)

R16: d. CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) 6-2,7-5 (1h30)

R32: d. FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) 6-0,6-2 (1h20)

R64: BYE

Total games: 87

Won/lost: 55-32

Sets won/lost: 8-1

Total time on court: 6h56

Average time on court: 1h44

Average rank of opponent: 16

Total games: 68

Won/lost: 49-19

Sets won/lost: 8-0




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HALEP:

Montréal

Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup, where she was one of four former champions in starting field

Captured singles title in 2016 (d. Keys in F) after defeating four Top 20 opponents, including No.2 Kerber in SF

Also finished R-Up in 2015 (ret. vs. Bencic w/heat illness) and in 2016 doubles w/Niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina)

After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r in a match lasting just over three hours – the ninth-longest match on tour this season. Has now won past six matches against Russians, a run stretching back to 2017 Wuhan (l. Kasatkina)

Came back later on Thursday to win her second match of the day against V.Williams and reach her ninth QF in 11 tournaments this season

Hit 19 winners and only 12 unforced errors to beat No.6 Garcia on Friday – her fifth Top 10 win of 2018 (also No.6 Ka.Pliskova at Australian Open; No.7 Garcia at Rome; and No.3 Muguruza and No.10 Stephens both at Roland Garros)

Saw off Barty in SF – has now won past six matches against Australians (last defeat vs. Stosur at 2016 Roland Garros)

Faces No.3 Stephens in today’s final; recovered from 6-3 2-0 down to defeat the American in the final of this year’s Roland Garros

Career record vs. Top 5 players is 9-27, wins coming over No.3 Muguruza (2018 Roland Garros), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome)

Enters 2018 Montréal as World No.1 and top seed (previous highest Rogers Cup seeding was No.2 in 2015 and 2017)

Currently tops the Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard – Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals in October

Last remaining of a tournament-leading six Romanian women in the starting field


MATCH NOTES

MONTREAL Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

SIMONA HALEP

2017

L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) SF 6-1 6-1

2016

W - MADISON KEYS (USA #12) F 7-6(2) 6-3

2015

L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #20) F 7-6(5) 6-7(4) 3-0

2012

L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #5) R2 7-5 4-4

2011

L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #32) R2 6-2 6-4

2010

L - VANIA KING (USA #79) R16-Q

7-6(5) 6-1

SLOANE STEPHENS

2017

SF L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-2 6-3

2016

R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #77) 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

2015

R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #62) 6-3 6-4

2014

R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(4)

2013

R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-1 7-6(2)


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Season

Fell 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh in 3s). Did not play a grass tournament before heading to Wimbledon (withdrew from Eastbourne w/foot injury)

Captured first Grand Slam title in fourth final with defeat of Stephens at Roland Garros; now 17-14 in career finals

For second year in a row, runner-up at Rome (l. Svitolina in both 2017 and 2018 finals)

In other clay court tournaments this season, produced QF showings at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe)

Played first matches of 2018 clay season representing Romania in Fed Cup, going 2-0 in singles (d. Golubic, Schnyder) in 3-1 win over Switzerland in World Group play-off

During Sunshine Double, advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and made 3r in Miami (l. A.Radwanska)

Forced to withdraw prior to Doha SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury and also withdrew from Dubai

Opened 2018 season by winning singles and doubles (w/Begu) titles at Shenzhen. Defeated defending champion Siniakova in singles final for her 16th career title and first since Madrid May 2017; doubles title was first of career

Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open in Melbourne in January; succumbed to Wozniacki in the final in three sets. Withdrew from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open

In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3h44, 4-6 6-4 15-13 – ranks as the third longest women’s singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, R16, 4h44) and Strycova d. Kulikova (2010, 1r, 4h19). Also equal longest in terms of number of games (48)

Saved another two match points in defeat of Kerber in SF at Melbourne – believed to be first player to save match points in multiple matches and reach a Grand Slam final

Career

Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman to reach the top spot since computer rankings began in November 1975, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1

Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) – the third Premier Mandatory title of career (after 2015 Indian Wells and 2016 Madrid); reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome (l. Svitolina), Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Beijing (l. Garcia)

2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F)

Bucharest and Montréal results started 13-match winning streak that ended in SF at Cincinnati. Was second-longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka (16)

Won first career doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/Begu, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F)

Reached first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/Niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina)

Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses were to No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012

Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014 WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open)

Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles in this period

Made Top 100 debut on July 12, 2010 and became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making debut there in week of January 27, 2014

Qualified four times for WTA Finals in Singapore (2014-17), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin stage)

Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May)

Reached first career final at 2010 Fès in just her third main draw appearance

Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals

Former junior World No.1

Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014-18

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance

Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s), 2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s)

Became 49th different woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978 Roland Garros

First Romanian woman to advance to final at Australian Open

Also semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

Won Roland Garros girls’ singles title in 2008 – now the sixth woman to go on to win the women’s singles title – after Durr, Jausovec, Mandlikova, Capriati and Henin

Other Information

Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer

Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita

Endorsement portfolio currently includes Mercedes-Benz and Hublot; earlier this year signed clothing endorsement deal with Nike and began wearing their kit at 2018 Doha

STEPHENS:

Montréal

Making sixth appearance at the Rogers Cup, where she is through to final for first time

Best previous result was 2017’s SF showing (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki). Four wins during last year’s run were first since 2016 Wimbledon (missed 11 months due to foot injury)

Also made R16 at Rogers Cup in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and a 2r exit in 2014 (l. Jankovic)

Enters play at a career-high No.3 ranking, first set on July 16, 2018

After 1r bye, defeated Abanda on Wednesday – holds a 3-0 record in matches directly following byes this season. Last loss in such a match occurred at 2016 Miami (l. Watson)

Eased past qualifier Suárez Navarro in R16 – improving her mark against qualifiers in 2018 to 6-1, with sole loss coming in first match of the year against Giorgi at Sydney

In QF, won the first five games to see off No.19 Sevastova in straight sets – her seventh Top 20 victory of the season

Dethroned defending champion Svitolina in SF; since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 26-9 win-loss record

Faces No.1 Halep today; owns 0-7 record against reigning No.1s, losing to Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells), Azarenka (2013 Australian Open), S.Williams (2013 US Open, 2015 Indian Wells, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros) and Halep (2018 Roland Garros)

By ranking, best career win was over No.2-ranked Kerber at 2016 Charleston (via ret.)

Today marks the eighth final appearance of her career, only defeat at this stage came to today’s opponent Halep at this year’s Roland Garros

In doubles w/Bouchard, l. No.2 seeds Chan/Makarova in QF on Friday

Bidding to become the 11th different American woman to win the Rogers Cup in the Open Era, following in the footsteps of Bartkowicz (1968), Evert (1974, 1980, 1984-85), Louie (1975), DuPont (1979), Austin (1981), Navratilova (1982-83, 1989), Shriver (1987), Capriati (1991), Seles (1995-98) and S.Williams (2001, 2011, 2013)

Season

Coming off a 2r exit at Washington DC (l. Petkovic)

Fell in 1r of Wimbledon (l.Vekic) in her only appearance on grass this season

Finished clay court season by reaching second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s). Rose to then career-high No.4 after run in Paris. Is now 6-1 in career singles finals

Other clay results were R16 runs at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Garcia), and 1r exits at Nürnberg (as WC, l. Putintseva) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe)

Won both singles rubbers (d. Mladenovic and Parmentier) during defending champion USA’s 3-2 Fed Cup semifinal

win over France. Will face Czech Republic in November’s final

Lifted first Premier-mandatory title at Miami (d. Ostapenko in F). Subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9 following her title run at Key Biscayne

Helped make history in Miami as the USA provided the winners in all four events (Stephens, Vandeweghe, Isner

and Bryan brothers)

Reached 3r at Indian Wells. Defeated former No.1 Azarenka in 2r before falling to eventual R-Up Kasatkina

Enjoyed a QF run at Acapulco (d. Parmentier and Rus, l. eventual R-Up Voegele)

Dropped her 1r match at Australian Open (l. Zhang) and Sydney (l. Giorgi) to start the 2018 season

Withdrew from Brisbane w/left knee injury

Career

Posted second-best year-end finish at No.13 in 2017, one off career-high of No.12 in 2013

At US Open, capped historic summer comeback by upsetting Cibulkova, V. Williams and Keys to become the fifth unseeded woman (ranked No.83) in the Open Era to win a major, doing so just 69 days after returning from an 11-month injury lay-off, and six weeks since her ranking dropped to No.957

Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Only returned to action at 2017 Wimbledon (1r) following 11 months on sidelines with foot injury, having had surgery in January

After 1r loss at Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open, also making back-to-back SFs at Toronto and Cincinnati

Prior to 2017 Wimbledon, last match came at 2016 Rio Olympics

Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F)

Owns a six wins vs. Top 5 players: No.5 Ostapenko (2018 Miami), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Miami), No.3 Kerber (2017 Toronto), No.2 Kerber (2016 Charleston via ret. w/viral illness), No.3 Sharapova (2013 Cincinnati) and No.3 S. Williams (2013 Australian Open)

At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012

Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 and went on to win a career-best 39 matches across the season

Played first WTA qualifying at 2008 Miami and first WTA main draw at 2010 Indian Wells (as qualifier ranked No.747, fell 2r, l. Zvonareva)

Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marks 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance

Enjoyed fairytale run at US Open, lifting maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At No.83, is

second-lowest ranked Grand Slam champion (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and 14th unseeded

player to advance to a Grand Slam final in the Open Era, and only fifth undressed champion

Was one of four American women to reach SF at 2017 Flushing Meadows (also Keys, Vandeweghe and

V.Williams) – the sixth time in the Open Era that four Americans have contested the final four at a major

Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result to date across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open

(d. S.Williams in QF, l. eventual champion Azarenka)

Along with Makarova, is one of only two players who’ve never held the No.1 ranking, but have managed to beat

both V.Williams (2015 Roland Garros and 2017 US Open) and S.Williams (whom she defeated at 2013 Australian

Open) at Grand Slam level

Also just the second American (after Davenport) to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play

Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013

Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Bartoli)

Won junior doubles titles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open in 2010 (all w/Babos)

Other Information

Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, was an

NFL player in 1980s and 1990s; brother is Shawn Farrell

Started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, California. Two years

later relocated from Fresno to Boca Raton, Florida, where she began training at the Evert Tennis Academy before

moving to Nick Saviano High Performance Tennis Academy

Coached by Kamau Murray (started working together in January 2016). Worked with Nick Saviano in 2015


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ROGERS CUP – SEMIFINALS (SATURDAY)

Central [1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16)

First meeting Barty has lost two career meetings with reigning World No.1s… Halep has now reached SF or better in

four consecutive Rogers Cup campaigns… Australian is also through to doubles SF

[3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Series tied 1-1

Last match between the two came four years ago… Svitolina bidding to become first player to win back-to-back Rogers Cup titles since Martina Hingis in 2000… Both players own two Top 5 wins this year

A LOOK AT THE SEMIFINALISTS

*Includes current tournament / ^Does not include current tournament

POTENTIAL FINAL HEAD-TO-HEADS

PLAYER RANK AGE NAT ROGERS CUP (MD) W/L*

YTD W/L*

CAREER W/L*

YTD PRIZE MONEY$^

CAREER PRIZE $^

CAREER TITLES

[1] Simona Halep 1 26 ROU 17-4 40-7 444-193 5,483,511 26,219,526 17 [3] Sloane Stephens 3 25 USA 10-5 25-11 257-169 2,987,641 11,295,745 6 [5] Elina Svitolina 5 23 UKR 10-2 32-9 317-163 2,356,254 9,727,632 12 [15] Ashleigh Barty 16 22 AUS 6-1 33-13 171-72 1,056,668 3,441,377 2

STEPHENS SVITOLINA

HALEP Halep leads 6-2 Svitolina leads 4-2

BARTY Stephens leads 1-0 Svitolina leads 4-0


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SEMIFINAL RECORDS

PLAYER BEST 2018 RESULT BEST ROGERS CUP

RESULT LAST FINAL REACHED (final result)

CAREER SF W/L*

CAREER FINAL W/L

[1] Simona Halep WON (2): Shenzhen, Roland Garros

WON (1): 2016 2018 Roland Garros (WON) 20-14 17-4

[3] Sloane Stephens WON (1): Miami SF (1): 2018, 2017 2018 Roland Garros (R-Up) 7-8 6-1

[5] Elina Svitolina WON (3): Brisbane, Dubai, Rome

WON (1): 2017 2018 Rome (WON) 14-13 12-2

[15] Ashleigh Barty WON (1): Nottingham SF (1): 2018 2018 Nottingham (WON) 5-2 2-3

*Walkover wins and losses not included in tallies


BY THE NUMBERS

10,000,000 Should she successfully defend her title this week, Elina

Svitolina will pass $10,000,000 in career prize money

84 Sloane Stephens has been broken only four times so far, winning 84% of her service games – her 2018 average is

69.1% 40

By reaching the last four, Halep has become the first player this season to notch up 40 main draw wins

18 It is 18 years since a player won both singles and doubles

titles at the Rogers Cup. Ashleigh Barty, who is still in doubles with Demi Schuurs, is on course to emulate

Martina Hingis’ feat 7

Barty is the first Australian woman to reach the semifinals at the Rogers Cup since Samantha Stosur finished runner-

up to Serena Williams seven years ago

6 In the Open Era, only six players have won back-to-back

Rogers Cups: Evonne Goolagong, Regina Marsikova, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Monica Seles and Martina

Hingis. Svitolina is bidding to become the seventh

0 Stephens yet to drop a set. The last player to win this title

without dropping a set was Serena Williams in 2013

ON THIS DAY: AUGUST 11, 2003 Despite being upset by Lina Krasnoroutskaya in the third round at the previous week’s Rogers Cup, Kim Clijsters rises to World No.1 for the first time. The popular Belgian is the 13th different woman to reach No.1 and holds the position for a total of 20 weeks across her entire career.

DOUBLES UPDATE: NO.1 ON THE LINE Home hopes were ended on Friday when the surprise run of Eugenie Bouchard and Sloane Stephens was ended with a 6-4 6-2 defeat against No.2 seeds Latisha Chan and Ekaterina Makarova in the quarterfinals. The result keeps alive Chan’s hopes of reclaiming the World No.1 ranking from Timea Babos. With Babos and her partner Kristina Mladenovic falling to Nicole Melichar and Kveta Peschke in the last eight, Chan will return to the summit by reaching the final. Hoping to dash her hopes are Andreja Klepac and María Jose Martínez Sánchez, who booked their place in the semifinals thanks to a tense 6-3 5-7 10-8 win over Kiki Bertens and Katarina Srebotnik.


MATCH NOTES

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16)

Head to Head: First meeting

SIMONA HALEP

1

1

27-09-1991 (26)

$5,483,511

$26,219,526

2 / 17

1 / 1

40-7 / 321-147

14-3 / 93-48

3-3 / 38-49

ASHLEIGH BARTY

16

20

24-04-1996 (22)

$1,056,668

$3,441,377

1 / 2

2 / 7

6-1

33-13 / 71-43

7-3 / 20-13

4-2 / 13-9

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






17-4

14-5 / 40-24 22-3 / 185-91

8-0 / 33-11 2-1 / 6-4

5-3 / 32-44 0-3 / 4-11

12-4 / 87-66 2-6 / 11-23




* Updated entering 2018 Montréal SF


QF: d. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) 7-5,6-1 (1h28)



R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

vs.

[15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16)

QF: d. KIKI BERTENS (NED #18) 6-3,6-1 (0h54)

R16: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34) 7-6(3),6-4 (1h47)

R32: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #41) 7-6(7),6-2 (1h22)

R64: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #55) 6-3,1-6,7-5 (2h46)

Total games: 70

Won/lost: 43-27

Sets won/lost: 6-1




Total games: 88

Won/lost: 52-36

Sets won/lost: 8-1





SIMONA HALEP

2017


2016


ASHLEIGH BARTY

2017

R16 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) 6-0 3-6 6-2


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HALEP:

Montréal

Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup, where she was one of four former champions in starting field

Captured singles title in 2016 (d. Keys in F) after defeating four Top 20 opponents, including No.2 Kerber in SF

Also finished R-Up in 2015 (ret. vs. Bencic w/heat illness) and in 2016 doubles w/Niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina)

After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r in a match lasting just over three hours – the ninth-longest match on tourthis season. Has now won past six matches against Russians, a run stretching back to 2017 Wuhan (l. Kasatkina)

Came back later on Thursday to win her second match of the day against V.Williams and reach her ninth QF in 11tournaments this season

Hit 19 winners and only 12 unforced errors to beat No.6 Garcia on Friday – her fifth Top 10 win of 2018 (also No.6Ka.Pliskova at Australian Open; No.7 Garcia at Rome; and No.3 Muguruza and No.10 Stephens both at Roland Garros)


Is guaranteed to hold on to the WTA World No.1 Ranking at least through the week of Cincinnati, taking her totalto 41 and overtaking Mauresmo at No.11 in the all-time list

Also currently tops the Porsche Race to Singapore leaderboard – Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals in October

Last remaining of a tournament-leading six Romanian women in the starting field

Entering the tournament, led the WTA in 2018 for return games won – 50.2% (only player to win more than half returngames)

Season

Fell 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh in 3s). Did not play a grass tournament before heading to Wimbledon (withdrewfrom Eastbourne w/foot injury), but arrived in London more than a week early in order to prepare

Captured first Grand Slam title in fourth final with defeat of Stephens at Roland Garros



MATCH NOTES

2015


2012


2011


2010


7-6(5) 6-1


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Career







Career record vs. Top 5 players is 9-27, wins coming over No.3 Muguruza (2018 Roland Garros), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome)

Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Wiliams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses were to No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014 WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Australian Open)









Grand Slam History







Other Information




BARTY:

Montréal

Making second appearance at the Rogers Cup, first in Montréal, having reached the R16 last season when the

tournament was held in Toronto

Returns to hard courts after posting the most grass court wins on tour (12) – went 10-5 on hard earlier this season

After recovering from 4-2 down in the third set against Begu in 1r, has beaten Van Uytvanck, Cornet and Bertens

in straight sets

Win over No.18 Bertens was her second against a fellow Top 20 opponent this year (also No,18 Osaka at

Nottingham)

Is enjoying her second SF run on hard this season – only other appearance at this stage came at Sydney in January

(l. Kerber in F)

Has now won eight of her last nine matches on cement (R16 in Miami, Fed Cup Week 2 and Montréal), with seven

of those victories coming in straight sets

Faces No.1 Halep today; owns 0-2 record against reigning World No.1s, losing to S.Williams at 2014 Australian

Open and Kerber at 2017 Brisbane

In terms of ranking, best career win was over No.4 Ka.Pliskova at 2017 Wuhan

This is her fourth SF appearance of 2018 – is 2-1 in such matches this year, lone loss coming to Pavlyuchenkova

(via ret. w/low back injury) at Strasbourg

Is the first Australian to reach a Rogers Cup SF since Stosur finished R-Up in 2011

Playing doubles SF w/Schuurs later today against No.7 seeds Melichar/Peschke

Season

Matched her best career result in a Grand Slam by reaching 3r at Wimbledon (l. Kasatkina)

Began grass swing by capturing second career title in Nottingham (d. Konta in F); record in WTA singles finals now

stands at 2-3

Also reached QF run in Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and R16 at Birmingham (l. Goerges) to finish

grass court season with WTA-leading 12 wins

Suffered 2r defeat to S.Williams at Roland Garros

Enjoyed a SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Pavlyuchenkova via ret.) w/back injury

Made 1r exit at Rome (l. Sharapova in 3s) before 2r showing at Madrid (d. Errani before falling to No.2 Wozniacki

in 3s)

Lifted the doubles trophy at Rome (w/Schuurs, d. Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova in F); is now 7-7 in WTA doubles

finals

After R16 run on green clay of Charleston (l. Sevastova), returned to Australia where she spearheaded the

country’s return to Fed Cup World Group in 2019, posting singles wins over Kerkhove and Lemoine of the

Netherlands

Also made R16 run at Miami (l. Svitolina) where she won the doubles event (w/Vandeweghe, d.

Krejcikova/Siniakova in F)

Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari)

After reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Osaka) and representing Australia in Fed Cup (vs. Ukraine), took a short

break from the tour due to injury (left toe)

Posted career-high No.16 ranking following run in Melbourne (January 29, 2018)

Started the year with a 1r exit in Brisbane (l. Tsurenko), before finishing R-Up to Kerber in Sydney

Career

Posted first Top 20 season in 2017 (finishing at a then-career-high No.17)

Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F)

Reached two additional finals in 2017, at Birmingham (l. Kvitova) and Wuhan (l. Garcia)

Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on October 23, 2017

Winner of seven WTA doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, one w/Vandeweghe, one w/Schuurs)

Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/Dellacqua)

Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on May 21, 2018

Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that lasted almost two years

Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all‐rounder for the Brisbane Heat

cricket team in the 2015‐16 Women’s Big Bash League

Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved her position by 254 spots to end the season at No.17

Nominated for tennis Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017

Return to tennis was initially hindered by right arm injury sustained in August 2016, following promising start:

returned at $50k ITF/Eastbourne‐GBR in May, advancing to SF as a qualifier (l. Riske) and the following week, QF at

WTA International‐level Nottingham (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30

On ITF Circuit, has won four singles titles and nine doubles titles (including three in 2016)

Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished 2011 as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva

In juniors, won national singles titles in 18&U, 16&U, 14&U and 12&U age categories. Member of Junior Fed Cup

winning team in 2011 (Australia d. Canada in F)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 16th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Matched best result at the majors by

advancing to 3r at Wimbledon in 2018, having also reached this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. Barthel), 2018

Australian Open (l. Osaka) and 2017 US Open (l. eventual champion Stephens)

Has reached 2r at 2013 US Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 Roland Garros (l.

S.Williams)

First Grand Slam main draw appearance (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia’s 2012 WC

Play‐Off in Dec. 2011

Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and also Roland

Garros in 2017 (all w/Dellacqua)

Other Information

Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents introduced her to

the sport

In April 2018, named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia, In conjunction with the

announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumiyanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to

conduct a clinic at a local school

In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women's Big Bash League (cricket) before

returning to tennis in 2016

Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce


MATCH NOTES

[3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) vs. [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

Head to Head: Series tied 1-1

2014 CLAY O R2 ELINA SVITOLINA 86 mins6-4 6-4 CHARLESTON

2014 HARD O R3 SLOANE STEPHENS 78 mins7-5 6-4 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

SLOANE STEPHENS

3

6

20-03-1993 (25)

$2,987,641

$11,295,745

1 / 6

0 / 0

25-11 / 184-123

6-5 / 58-40

3-5 / 47-24

ELINA SVITOLINA

5

5

12-09-1994 (23)

$2,356,254

$9,727,632

3 / 12

0 / 2

10-2

32-9 / 214-118

8-3 / 64-38

2-5 / 43-32

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






10-5

21-4 / 151-77 13-5 / 117-78

3-0 / 15-5 5-3 / 19-21

3-3 / 12-31 4-2 / 24-31

7-5 / 29-50 9-2 / 42-57




* Updated entering 2018 Montréal SF


QF: d. ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) 6-2,6-2 (1h09)



R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE SEMIFINALS

vs.

[5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

QF: d. [14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) 7-5,6-3 (1h25)

R16: d. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43) 6-3,6-4 (1h24)

R32: d. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #20) 6-3,6-7(5),4-3 Ret'd (2h20)

R64: BYE

Total games: 50

Won/lost: 37-13

Sets won/lost: 6-0




Total games: 69

Won/lost: 41-28

Sets won/lost: 6-1





from

STEPHENS:

Montréal

Making sixth appearance at the Rogers Cup. Has matched best previous result, having also made SF run last season (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

Also made R16 in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and a 2r exit in 2014 (l. Jankovic)



Eased past qualifier Suárez Navarro in R16 – improving her mark against qualifiers in 2018 to 6-1, with sole loss coming in first match of the year against Giorgi at Sydney

In QF, saw off No.19 Sevastova for her seventh Top 20 win of the season; since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 25-9 win-loss record

Faces off against No.5 Svitolina today; owns 2-1 record against Top 5 players in 2018, with both victories coming during Miami title run against No.3 Muguruza and No.5 Ostapenko

Today marks her third SF appearance of the season, currently 2-0 at this stage of tournaments (Miami and Roland Garros)

In doubles w/Bouchard, l. No.2 seeds Chan/Makarova in QF on Friday

Lone remaining American in the draw, of four to start the week – also McHale, Dolehide and V.Williams

Season



Finished clay court season by reaching second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s). Rose to then career-high No.4 after run in Paris. Is now 6-1 in career singles finals



MATCH NOTES

SLOANE STEPHENS

2017

L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) SF 6-2 6-3

2016

L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #77) R1 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

2015

L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #62) R1 6-3 6-4

2014

L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) R2 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(4)

2013

L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) R16 6-1 7-6(2)

ELINA SVITOLINA

2017

F W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) 6-4 6-0

2016

R16 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4

2015

R1 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #21) 6-1 6-4


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Lifted first Premier-mandatory title at Miami (d. Ostapenko in F). Subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9 following her title run at Key Biscayne


and Bryan brothers)





Career












Grand Slam History
















Other Information







SVITOLINA:

Montréal

Returns to Rogers Cup action as the defending champion – one of two former winners through to SF (also Halep)

Has successfully defended a title three times in her career (2014 Baku, 2018 Dubai and 2018 Rome), having only

played in four such situations prior to Montréal (also withdrew prior to 2r match at 2017 Kuala Lumpur)

After a 1r bye, was leading 2r opponent Buzarnescu in the 3s before serious ankle injury forced the Romanian to

retire

Broke serve four times to beat Konta in R16, then saw off No.15 Mertens on Friday to reach fourth SF of 2018

Now owns 21-4 record on hard courts this year, just one behind tour leader, Halep

Playing in her third tournament in North America this season – went 4-2 at Miami and Indian Wells in the spring

Owns perfect 3-0 record in SF matches this year, going on to win the title at Brisbane, Dubai and Rome

Faces No.3 Stephens today; owns two Top 5 wins in 2018, against No.4 Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane) and No.1 Halep

(Rome)

Has hit 15 aces so far this week – the most among the four players remaining

The only player from Ukraine still in play this week, with Tsurenko retiring in her 2r match against Suárez Navarro

Season

Coming off a 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria)

Made a QF run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Buzarnescu), having also fallen to Buzarnescu at Roland Garros 3r

Defended her title in Rome (d. Halep in F). Now owns four victories over No.1 ranked players: d. Halep (2018

Rome), S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2017 Brisbane and 2016 Beijing)

Boasts 12-2 record in tour-level finals. Has won her past eight matches at this stage, with last defeat coming

against Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai

Owns four Top 10 wins in 2018 (No.9 Konta and No.4 Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane; No.9 Kerber at Dubai and No.1

Halep in Rome)

Had a 2r exit in Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) after reaching the QF in Stuttgart (l. Garcia) in her first clay tournament

of the year

Enjoyed a 4-2 record through the “Sunshine Double” posting a 3r result at Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro) and a

QF run at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko). Ended Osaka’s eight-match winning streak in 2r of Miami

Made successful title defense at Dubai (d. Kasatkina in F). This was second time in career she has defended a title

(also Baku 2013-14)

Made 3r exit at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

Advanced to QF at Australian Open for first time (l. Mertens); was on nine-match win streak entering QF

Became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Australian Open, surpassing A.Bondarenko who fell in R16 in 2010;

K.Bondarenko reached QF at 2009 US Open. Was bidding to become first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam

semifinal

Opened 2018 season by capturing her 10th career WTA title at Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); defeated two Top 10

players en route to title (d. No.9 Konta and No.5 Ka.Pliskova)

Career

Won 12th career WTA singles title at 2018 Rome (d. Halep in F); career record in finals now stands at 12-2,

including a current eight match win streak over the 2017 and 2018 seasons

Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins

of season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60)

Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the

season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record)

Her five titles in 2017 included Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome

(d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F)

Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such

tournaments were introduced in 2009

Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed

Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before

withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in

three sets

One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia,

Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017

On three occasions could have reached World No.1 spot – needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to

triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in

QF)

Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8-1 (Wozniacki was 8-4)

Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in

addition, post‐US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)

Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l.

A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)

Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova)

Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years)

Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012‐2017. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 24th Grand Slam main draw appearance

Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual

R‐Up Halep) and 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens)

At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko)

Reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys)

Joint‐highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

Other Information

Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian

Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family

Currently working with coach Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain

Hughes

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ROGERS CUP – QUARTERFINALS (FRIDAY)

[15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #18) First meeting

Barty has won five straight matches on hardcourts and seven of her last eight…Bertens enters today’s match on a nine-match winning streak in North America dating back to her title run in Charleston

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) Series tied 1-1

Sevastova is contesting her sixth quarterfinal of the season today while Stephens is making her fourth appearance of the year…The American has gone on to reach the final (Roland Garros) or win the title (Miami) when winning three matches in a row at a tournament

this season

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) Halep leads 4-1

Halep playing in ninth quarterfinal of the season so far (Montreal is eleventh event of 2018)... Garcia in her seventh quaterfinal of the 2018 season as she looks to reach first semifinal since Madrid…

[5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) Series tied 1-1

Svitolina aims to continue her title defense today, having successfully defended a title three out of four times in her career…Mertens is seeking her second straight semifinal appearance having done so last week in San Jose


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MATCH NOTES

[15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16) vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #18)

Head to Head: First Meeting

ASHLEIGH BARTY 16

20

24-04-1996 (22)

$1,056,668

$3,441,377

1 / 2

2 / 7

32-13 / 70-43

7-3 / 20-13

4-2 / 13-9

KIKI BERTENS 18

14

10-12-1991 (26)

$1,731,171

$5,089,607

1 / 5

1 / 10

5-3

27-15 / 135-125

7-7 / 35-42

6-11 / 29-34

WTA RANKING

PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY

SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

MONTRÉAL W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) *

YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) *

5-1

7-7 / 45-76 13-5 / 39-24

2-1 / 6-4 2-3 / 13-8

0-3 / 4-11 6-5 / 9-18

1-6 / 10-23 9-7 / 17-33

YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) *


* Updated entering 2018 Montréal QF

[15] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #16)

R16: d. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34) 7-6(3),6-4 (1h47)

R32: d. ALISON VAN UYTVANCK (BEL #41) 7-6(7),6-2 (1h22)

R64: d. IRINA-CAMELIA BEGU (ROU #55) 6-3,1-6,7-5 (2h46)

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS vs. KIKI BERTENS (NED #18)

R16: d. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) 6-3,6-2 (1h12)

R32: d. [9] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #9) 6-2,6-2 (1h24)

R64: d. CAROL ZHAO (CAN #137) 6-1,6-2 (0h55)

Total games: 72

Won/lost: 40-32

Sets won/lost: 6-1




Total games: 48

Won/lost: 36-12

Sets won/lost: 6-0




MONTRÉAL Tournament History


from

BARTY:

Montréal

• Making second appearance at the Rogers Cup, first in Montréal, having reached the R16 last season when the

tournament was held in Toronto

• Returns to hardcourts after posting the most grass court wins on tour (12) – went 10-5 on the surface earlier this

season

• Is enjoying her second QF run on hardcourts this season – only other appearance at this stage came at Sydney in

January (l. Kerber in F)

• Has now won five straight matches on hardcourts and seven of her last eight (R16 in Miami, Fed Cup Week 2 and

Montréal)

• Defeated Begu in 3s to begin her run, followed that with a pair of straight set victories over Van Uytvanck and

Cornet

• This is her fifth QF appearance of 2018 – is 3-1 in such matches this year, lone loss coming to Wozniacki at

Eastbourne

• Faces No.18 Bertens for the first time today

• Looking for her second Top 20 win of the season – defeated No.18 Osaka in Nottingham on her way to her first

title of the season

• The only Australian to reach this stage after Gavrilova fell in the opening round

Season

• Led the tour with 12 grass court wins

• Matched her best career result in a Grand Slam by reaching 3r at Wimbledon (l. Kasatkina)

• Made a QF run in Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

• Posted R16 finish at Birmingham (l. Goerges)

• Began grass swing by capturing second career title in Nottingham (d. Konta in F); record in WTA singles finals now

stands at 2-3


MATCH NOTES

ASHLEIGH BARTY 2017

L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) R16 6-0 3-6 6-2

KIKI BERTENS 2014

R1 L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #35) 7-5 7-6(5)

2013 R2 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #13) 7-5 3-6 6-2

2012 R2 L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 7-5 6-1


from

• Suffered 2r defeat to S.Williams at Roland Garros

• Enjoyed a SF run at Strasbourg (l. eventual champion Pavlyuchenkova via ret.)

• Made 1r exit at Rome (l. Sharapova in 3s) before 2r showing at Madrid (d. Errani before falling to No.2 Wozniacki

in 3s)

• Lifted the doubles trophy at Rome (w/Schuurs, d. Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova in F); is now 7-7 in WTA doubles

finals

• After R16 run on green clay of Charleston (l. Sevastova), returned to Australia where she spearheaded the

country’s return to Fed Cup World Group in 2019, posting singles wins over Kerkhove and Lemoine of the

Netherlands

• Also made R16 run at Miami (l. Svitolina) where she won the doubles event (w/Vandeweghe, d.

Krejcikova/Siniakova in F)

• Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari)

• After reaching 3r at Australian Open (l. Osaka) and representing Australia in Fed Cup (vs. Ukraine), took a short

break from the tour due to injury (left toe)

• Started the year with a 1r exit in Brisbane (l. Tsurenko), before finishing R-Up to Kerber in Sydney

Career

• Posted first Top 20 season in 2017 (finishing at career-high No.17)

• Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F)

• Reached two additional finals in 2017, at Birmingham (l. Kvitova) and Wuhan (l. Garcia)

• Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on October 23, 2017

• Winner of seven WTA doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, one w/Vandeweghe, one w/Schuurs)

• Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/Dellacqua)

• Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on May 21, 2018

• Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that lasted almost two years

• Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having enjoyed a successful stint as an all‐rounder for the Brisbane Heat

cricket team in the 2015‐16 Women’s Big Bash League

• Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved her position by 254 spots to end the season at No.17

• Nominated for tennis Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017

• Return to tennis was initially hindered by right arm injury sustained in August 2016, following promising start:

returned at $50k ITF/Eastbourne‐GBR in May, advancing to SF as a qualifier (l. Riske) and the following week, QF at

WTA International‐level Nottingham (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teenager ranked in doubles Top 30

• On ITF Circuit, has won four singles titles and nine doubles titles (including three in 2016)

• Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished 2011 as world No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva

• In juniors, won national singles titles in 18&U, 16&U, 14&U and 12&U age categories. Member of Junior Fed Cup

winning team in 2011 (Australia d. Canada in F)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Wimbledon marked 16th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Matched best result at the majors by

advancing to 3r at Wimbledon in 2018, having also reached this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. Barthel), 2018

Australian Open (l. Osaka) and 2017 US Open (l. eventual champion Stephens)

• Has reached 2r at 2013 US Open (l. Pavlyuchenkova), 2013 Roland Garros (l. Kirilenko) and 2018 Roland Garros (l.

S.Williams)

• First Grand Slam main draw appearance (2012 Australian Open) came from winning Tennis Australia’s 2012 WC

Play‐Off in Dec. 2011

• Advanced to three Grand Slam doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open) and also Roland

Garros in 2017 (all w/Dellacqua)

Other Information

• Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents introduced her to

the sport

• In April 2018, named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia, In conjunction with the

announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumiyanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to

conduct a clinic at a local school

• In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women's Big Bash League (cricket) before

returning to tennis in 2016

• Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce

BERTENS:

Montréal

• Making fourth appearance at the Rogers Cup and first since 2014

• Has achieved best result here by advancing to QF; previous best results at this tournament were a pair of 2r

runs in 2012 (l. Wozniacki) and 2013 (l. Flipkens)

• Returning to North America where she posted a 7-2 record earlier this season – current record on the

continent has ballooned to 10-2 entering play today

• Secured a 1r win over No.137 Zhao to improve her record against players outside the Top 100 to 8-1 this

season – sole loss was to No.197 Zvonareva in St Petersburg (via ret. w/illness)

• Followed that with another victory over No.9 Ka.Pliskova, whom she ousted in R16 at Wimbledon nearly one

month ago – her first career Top 10 win on hardcourt

• Wasted no time in gathering her second Top 10 win on hardcourt, defeating No.8 Kvitova in R16

• The wins improved her Top 10 win total in 2018 on all surfaces to six with earlier wins coming over No.2

Wozniacki, No.7 Garcia (both at Madrid), No.9 V.Williams and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (both at Wimbledon)

• Enters play with a nine-match win streak in North America dating back to her title run in Charleston

• This is her fifth QF appearance of 2018, and first on hardcourt – others coming at Charleston, Madrid,

Nürnberg and Wimbledon

• One of two unseeded players to advance to the QF stage – also Sevastova

• Has not dropped a set on her way to the Montréal QF – one of two players remaining to have done so (also

Stephens)

• Faces No.16 Barty today for the first time in her career

• Hoping to earn three Top 20 victories in the same tournament for the second time in her career – also 2018

Madrid (d. No.17 Sevastova, No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia)

• Playing in doubles this week with partner Srebotnik, where she is also enjoying a QF run

• The lone player representing The Netherlands this week

Season

• Achieved her best result at Wimbledon by reaching QF (l. Goerges) becoming the first Dutch woman to reach

QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007

• Wimbledon result gives her eight Grand Slam match victories this season; previous best effort was seven wins

in 2016

• Has garnered multiple wins at three Grand Slams in the same season for the first time in her career (also

reached 3r at Australian Open and Roland Garros earlier this year)

• Entered Wimbledon after 2r exits at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Buzarnescu in 3s) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l.

Flipkens). Also R-Up in doubles at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Flipkens, l. Mertens/Schuurs)

• Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Kerber), improving her record in Paris to 11-7, her best Grand Slam win-loss

record

• Made QF run at Nürnberg (as defending champion, l. Flipkens) after suffering 1r exit at Rome (l. Sakkari)

• Advanced to first Premier Mandatory Final at Madrid (l. Kvitova in F); now owns career 5-2 record in WTA finals

(all having been on clay) with other titles coming at 2012 Fès, 2016 Nürnberg, 2017 Nürnberg and 2017 Gstaad

• Previous best Premier Mandatory showing was QF run at Madrid in 2017 (l. Sevastova)

• Defeated No.17 Sevastova, No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia en route to Madrid final

• Win over Wozniacki at Madrid was the best win-by-rank of her career. Only other Top 5 victory came against

then-No.3 Kerber at 2016 Roland Garros

• Rose to career-high ranking of No.15 following Madrid

• Made 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

• Won biggest title of career to date – her first at Premier level – on green clay of Charleston (d. Goerges in F)

• Posted 3r showing at Miami (l. V.Williams after holding 3mp). After 1r bye, beat Lepchenko in 2r to end

four-match losing streak

• Fell 2r at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. S.Williams in the American’s first competitive comeback following

pregnancy)

• Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Wang). Forced to withdraw from Doha the week prior w/illness

• Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness)

• Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), for best result of career so far in

Melbourne

• Entered Australian Open following a 2r exit at Sydney (l. No.3 Muguruza)

• In opening tournament of season fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Konjuh in straight sets); however, teamed up with

compatriot Schuurs to win 10th career doubles title (d. Klepac/ Martínez Sánchez in F)

Career

• Ended 2017 at No.31, down from career-best year-end finish of No.22 in 2016

• Season highlights in 2017 was winning titles at Nürnberg (as defending champion, d. Krejcikova in F) and

Gstaad (d. Kontaveit in F, having finished R-Up there in 2016)

• Was one of nine players to win at least two titles in 2017, along with Konta (Sydney, Miami), Muguruza

(Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ostapenko (Roland Garros, Seoul), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova

(Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome,

Toronto) and Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO], WTA Finals)

• Posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which

marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level. As a result, posted a then career-high singles ranking of No.18

(May 29, 2017)

• Added four WTA doubles titles to her haul in 2017: Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul and Linz (all w/Larsson)

• Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018)

• Qualified for her first WTA Finals in Singapore in 2017 (w/Larsson), advancing to the final (l. Babos/Sestini

Hlavackova), defeating defending champions Makarova/Vesnina en route

• Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in

2015

• Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route)

• In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles – falling to Svitolina and Vesnina

• Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani)

• Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d. Duque-Mariño) and

doubles (w/Larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title prior to this was Vandeweghe

at 2014 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

• Of her seven career Top 10 wins, all except two have come on clay: No.9 V.Williams and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (2018

Wimbledon), No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia (both 2018 Madrid), No.3 Kerber and No.9 Bacsinszky (both

2016 Roland Garros) and No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg)

• Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw

appearance

• Owns 10 doubles titles: Hobart and Bastad in 2015, Nürnberg, Linz and Luxembourg in 2016, Auckland,

Gstaad, Seoul, Linz (all w/Larsson) in 2017 and Brisbane (w/Schuurs) in 2018

• Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r)

• Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11

doubles titles at this level

• Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

Grand Slam History

• Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams)

• With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in

1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF)

• Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. Goerges).

Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007

• Achieved best result at Australian Open in 2018, advancing to 3r (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

• In 2018, garnered multiple wins at three Grand Slams in the same season for the first time in her career (3r at

Australian Open, 3r at Roland Garros and QF at Wimbledon)

• Reached 2r at US Open twice, on main draw debut in 2012 (l. Puchkova) and in 2015 (l. S.Williams)

• Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l.

Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic)

Other Information

• Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter, although during title run at 2018 Charleston worked with

former WTA player Elise Tamaela

• Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy

• Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

CoAL - CANADA | Aug 06 - Aug 12, 2018 | $2,820,000 | PREMIER 5

MATCH NOTES

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)

Head to Head: 1-1

2017 HARD O R1 ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 89 mins 7-5 6-3 ZHUHAI

2017 HARD O QF SLOANE STEPHENS 148 mins 6-3 3-6 7-6(4) US OPEN

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 19

19

13-04-1990 (28)

$667,711

$3,959,240

1 / 3

0 / 0

30-14 / 134-107

11-5 / 41-33

5-7 / 29-30

SLOANE STEPHENS 3

6

20-03-1993 (25)

$2,987,641

$11,295,745

1 / 6

0 / 0

9-5

24-11 / 183-123

6-5 / 58-40

3-5 / 47-24

WTA RANKING




MONTREAL W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *



4-1

12-5 / 116-78 12-7 / 67-61

3-1 / 7-8 3-0 / 15-5

1-3 / 6-16 3-3 / 12-31

3-6 / 14-34 6-5 / 28-50



* Updated entering Montreal QF

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #19)

R16: d. [10] JULIA GOERGES (GER #10) 6-3,7-6(2) (1h36)

R32: d. MONICA PUIG (PUR #70) 4-6,7-6(9),6-1 (2h11)

R64: d. ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #47) 6-1,6-0 (0h57)

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS

vs.




R64: BYE

Total games: 65

Won/lost: 42-23

Sets won/lost: 6-1




Total games: 34

Won/lost: 25-9

Sets won/lost: 4-0





from

SEVASTOVA:

Montréal

• Making second consecutive main draw appearance in Montreal, having reached 2r in debut in 2017 (l. Osaka)

• Also competed in qualifying in 2011

• Currently ranked No.19, after making her Top 20 debut last year on May 15, 2017. Has been ranked inside the Top 20

every week, but four, since then

• Began 2018 Canadian campaign by dropping just one game in a rout of No.47 Krunic in 1r action

• Followed that up by saving multiple match points in her 3s comeback victory over lucky loser No.70 Puig

• Advanced to her sixth quarterfinal of the season after yesterday’s upset of No.10 Goerges in R16 – Owns a 4-1 mark at

this stage of tournaments in 2018

• Squares off against last year’s semifinalist No.3 Stephens in today’s QF matchup – series tied one win apiece

• From her results this week, has eclipsed the $4 million career prize money mark

• Seeking second win vs. Top 10 opponent this season (first win came last round vs. No.10 Goerges)

• Holds an impressive 25-10 edge over American opponents

Season

• Entering Montreal after QF exit at Moscow International (l. Sasnovich)

• Captured first title of the season and third of her career in Bucahrest (d. Martic in final)

• Fell in R16 in Eastbourne (l. Kasatkina) prior to being ousted in 1r at Wimbledon by eventual quarterfinalist Giorgi

• Produced a finals run at Mallorca (l. Maria) in first grass event of the season

• Made 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Duque-Marino)

• Advanced to R16 (l. No.2 Wozniacki) in Rome and fell in 2r in Madrid (l. eventually R-Up Bertens)

• Enjoyed a SF result in Charleston in her first clay event of 2018

• Fell in 3r in Miami (l. Azarenka); 2r defeat of Cornet was first main draw match win at Miami


MATCH NOTES

ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA 2017

L - NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #50) R2 6-3 6-4

2011 L - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #135) R1-Q 6-1 7-6(5)

SLOANE STEPHENS 2017


2016 R1 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #77) 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

2015 R1 L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #62) 6-3 6-4

2014 R2 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #9) 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(4)

2013 R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-1 7-6(2)


from

"-Q" Qualifying match MONTREAL Tournament History

• Had R16 run at Indian Wells (d. No.12 Goerges in 3r, l. V. Williams), her best result at the tournament

• During Middle Eastern swing, made R16 at Doha (l. Halep) and fell 1r at Dubai (l. Makarova)

• In first Fed Cup appearance since 2010, represented Latvia in February in Europe/Africa Group Competition, helping

team gain spot in World Group II play-offs to be contested in April, for promotion to World Group II competition in

2019 – went 3-1 in singles, losing a rubber to Serbia’s Olga Danilovic, ranked No.304

• Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Sharapova)

• Opened 2018 season by reaching SF at Brisbane (l. Sasnovich) followed by 1r exit at Sydney (l. Cibulkova)

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Australian Open marked 19th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam

• Has reached Grand Slam QF on two occasions, at US Open in 2016 (l. Wozniacki) and 2017 (l. Stephens)

• In 2016, became first Latvian woman to reach a Grand Slam QF since Savchenko at 1994 Wimbledon (since joined by

Ostapenko in 2017)

• Best result elsewhere is reaching R16 at 2011 Australian Open (l. Wozniacki), before her two-year absence from the

game

• Made 3r at 2017 Roland Garros; this was the first time a Latvian woman reached 3r in the Open Era (also eventual

champion Ostapenko). Latvian-born Larisa Savchenko advanced to 3r in 1984 and 1989 whilst representing the USSR

• Has won just one match in five visits to Wimbledon, reaching 2r in 2017

Career

• Posted first Top 20 season in 2017, finishing at No.16 and earning career highs in wins (37) and winning percentage

(.607) besting her previous records set back in 2010

• Captured second career singles title and first in seven years at 2017 Mallorca (d. Goerges in F)

• Earned nearly half of career prize money in 2017 after reaching US Open QF for second consecutive year and

advancing to SF of WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (l. eventual champion Goerges)

• In 2016, played first full season since 2012, reaching two singles finals at Mallorca (l. Garcia) and Bucharest (l. Halep),

as well as first Grand Slam QF of career at US Open

• Retired from professional tennis in May 2013 due to various injuries – mostly muscular and back-related – but

returned to competition at ITF level in January 2015 after body had fully healed

• During break from tennis studied leisure management

• Prior to break from tennis, won first singles title at 2010 Oeiras – becoming first Latvian to win a WTA title in 17 years

(since Savchenko at Schenectady in 1993)

• Made Top 100 debut on July 13, 2009 and Top 50 debut on October 11, 2010

• Played first WTA event at 2007 Istanbul; made Grand Slam main draw debut as a qualifier at 2009 Roland Garros

• On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and four doubles titles

• Member of Latvian Fed Cup Team 2005-06, 2008-10, 2018

• Currently the Latvian No.2, behind Ostapenko; no other Latvians feature in Top 250 (April 2, 2018)

Other Information

• Mother is Diana Golovanova (English teacher)

• Started playing at age six, introduced to the sport by her grandmother, played for fun until she was 15

• Speaks Latvian, English, Russian, German

• Trains and resides in Vienna and coached by Ronald Schmidt

• Other sports interests are soccer and jet skiing

STEPHENS:

Montréal

• Making sixth appearance at the Rogers Cup. Best result is SF run last season (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

• Also made a R16 run in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and a 2r exit in 2014 (l. Jankovic)

• Enters play at a career-high No.3 ranking, first set on July 16, 2018

• After 1r bye, defeated Abanda on Wednesday – holds a 3-0 record in matches directly following byes this season. Last loss in such a match occurred at 2016 Miami (l. Watson)

• Since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 24-9 win-loss record

• Drove past qualifier Suárez Navarro in yesterday’s R16 matchup – improving her mark against qualifiers in 2018 to 6-1, with sole loss coming in first match of the year against Giorgi at Sydney

• Faces off against No.19 Sevastova in today’s QF showdown – the series is split 1-1

• Today marks her fourth quarterfinal appearance of the season, currently 2-1 at this stage of tournaments

• Of the two tournaments she’s won three matches in a row, she’s gone on to capture the title in Miami and finish runner-up at Roland Garros

• Competing in doubles play with Bouchard. The pair is onto the QF round after defeating No.5 seed Dabrowski/Xu in 1r and Flipkens/Gavrilova in R16 action

• Lone remaining American in the draw, of four to start the week – also McHale, Dolehide and V.Williams

Season

• Coming off a 2r exit at Washington DC (l. Petkovic)

• Fell in 1r of Wimbledon (l.Vekic) in her only appearance on grass this season

• Finished clay court season by reaching second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s). Rose to career-high No.4 after run in Paris. Is now 6-1 in career singles finals

• Other clay results were R16 runs at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Rome (l. Garcia), and 1r exits at Nürnberg (as WC, l. Putintseva) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe)

• Won both singles rubbers (d. Mladenovic and Parmentier) during defending champion USA’s 3-2 Fed Cup semifinal


• Lifted first Premier-mandatory title at Miami (d. Ostapenko)

• Subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9 following her title run at Key Biscayne

• Helped make history in Miami as the USA provided the winners in all four events (Stephens, Vandeweghe, Isner

and Bryan brothers)

• Reached 3r at Indian Wells. Defeated former No.1 Azarenka in 2r before falling to eventual R-Up Kasatkina

• Enjoyed a QF run at Acapulco (d. Parmentier and Rus, l. eventual R-Up Voegele)

• Dropped her 1r match at Australian Open (l. Zhang) and Sydney (l. Giorgi) to start the 2018 season

• Withdrew from Brisbane w/left knee injury

Career

• Posted second-best year-end finish at No.13 in 2017, one off career-high of No.12 in 2013

• At US Open, capped historic summer comeback by upsetting Cibulkova, V. Williams and Keys to become the fifth unseeded woman (ranked No.83) in the Open Era to win a major, doing so just 69 days after returning from an 11-month injury lay-off, and six weeks since her ranking dropped to No.957

• Voted 2017 WTA Comeback Player of the Year. Only returned to action at 2017 Wimbledon (1r) following 11 months on sidelines with foot injury, having had surgery in January

• After 1r loss at Washington DC, went 15-2 through US Open, also making back-to-back SFs at Toronto and Cincinnati

• Prior to 2017 Wimbledon, last match came at 2016 Rio Olympics

• Won three titles in 2016, at Auckland, Acapulco and Premier-level Charleston. Won maiden singles title in first final contested at 2015 Washington, DC (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F)

• Owns a six wins vs. Top 5 players: No.5 Ostapenko (2018 Miami), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Miami), No.3 Kerber (2017 Toronto), No.2 Kerber (2016 Charleston via ret. w/viral illness), No.3 Sharapova (2013 Cincinnati) and No.3 S. Williams (2013 Australian Open)

• At No.97 was youngest player in year-end Top 100 in 2011; and after a phenomenal sophomore season, reached No.38 and was the youngest player, and the only teenager, in the year-end Top 50 in 2012

• Made Top 20 debut on January 29, 2013 and went on to win a career-best 39 matches across the season

• Played first WTA qualifying at 2008 Miami and first WTA main draw at 2010 Indian Wells (as qualifier ranked No.747, fell 2r, l. Zvonareva)

• Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Wimbledon marks 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance

• Enjoyed fairytale run at US Open, lifting maiden Grand Slam title at Flushing Meadows (d. Keys in F). At No.83, is

• second-lowest ranked Grand Slam champion (since inception of computer rankings in 1975) and 14th unseeded


• Was one of four American women to reach SF at 2017 Flushing Meadows (also Keys, Vandeweghe and


• Prior to 2017 US Open triumph, best result to date across all majors was reaching SF at 2013 Australian Open


• Along with Makarova, is one of only two players who’ve never held the No.1 ranking, but have managed to beat



• Also just the second American (after Davenport) to defeat both Williams sisters in Grand Slam match play

• Advanced to SF at 2013 Australian Open (d. Halep, Mladenovic and S.Williams en route) and QF at 2013


• Won junior doubles titles at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open in 2010 (all w/Babos)

Other Information

• Mother is Sybil Smith a former collegiate swimmer at Boston University and late father, John Stephens, was an


• Started playing tennis at the age of nine, at the Sierra Sport and Racquet Club, in Fresno, California. Two years



• Coached by Kamau Murray (started working together in January 2016). Worked with Nick Saviano in 2015


MATCH NOTES

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6)


2018 CLAY O QF SIMONA HALEP 74 mins 6-2 6-3 ROME

2017 HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 88 mins 6-4 6-2 WTA FINALS

2017 HARD O F CAROLINE GARCIA 112 mins 6-4 7-6(3) BEIJING

2017 HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP 71 mins 6-4 6-2 TORONTO

2016 HARD O R16 SIMONA HALEP 113 mins 6-4 2-6 6-1 SYDNEY

SIMONA HALEP 1

1

27-09-1991 (26)

$5,483,511

$26,219,526

2 / 17

1 / 1

39-7 / 320-147

14-3 / 93-48

3-3 / 38-49

CAROLINE GARCIA 6

16

16-10-1993 (24)

$1,218,234

$8,599,455

0 / 5

0 / 6

6-4

26-14 / 174-135

9-3 / 57-48

4-6 / 47-40

WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD

DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER)

MONTREAL W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *



16-4

11-7 / 104-85 21-3 / 184-91

8-0 / 33-11 4-2 / 16-13

4-3 / 31-44 2-4 / 15-33

11-4 / 86-66 3-8 / 29-57



* Updated through R16




R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE QF vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6)

R16: d. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) 6-3,6-2 (1h28)

R32: d. MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #29) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h03)

R64: BYE

Total games: 51

Won/lost: 30-21

Sets won/lost: 4-1




Total games: 43

Won/lost: 28-15

Sets won/lost: 4-1






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HALEP:

Montréal

• Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup, where she is one of four former champions in the draw

• Captured singles title in 2016 (d. Keys in F) after defeating four Top 20 opponents en route, including No.2 Kerber in the semifinals

• Also finished R-Up in 2015 (ret. vs. Bencic w/heat illness) and in 2016 doubles w/Niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

• After 1r bye, defeated Pavlyuchenkova in 2r in a match lasting just over three hours – improves record vs. the Russian to a perfect 8-0

• Has now won past six matches against Russians, a run stretching back to 2017 Wuhan (l. Kasatkina)

• Defeated Venus Williams in straight sets to reach ninth QF of 2018 (Montreal is her eleventh even of the season)

• Faces No.6 Garcia today, holds a 4-1 record against her with most recent meeting at 2018 (won in straight sets)

• Enters 2018 Montréal as World No.1 and top seed (previous highest Rogers Cup seeding was No.2 in 2015 and 2017)

• Is guaranteed to hold on to the WTA World No.1 Ranking at least through the week of Cincinnati, taking her total to 41 and overtaking Mauresmo

at No.11 in the all-time list

• Also currently tops the Porsche Race to Singapore Leader Board – Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals in October

• One of a tournament-leading six Romanian women to start the 2018 Montreal field, but the only one remaining

• Leads the WTA in 2018 for return games won – 50.2% (only player to win more than half return games)

Season

• Fell 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh in 3s). Did not play a grass tournament before heading to Wimbledon (withdrew from Eastbourne w/foot injury), but

arrived in London more than a week early in order to prepare

• Captured first Grand Slam title in fourth final with defeat of Stephens at Roland Garros

• For second year in a row, runner-up at Rome (l. Svitolina in both 2017 and 2018 finals)


MATCH NOTES

SIMONA HALEP 2017


2016 W - MADISON KEYS (USA #12) F 7-6(2) 6-3

2015 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #20) F 7-6(5) 6-7(4)

3-0

2012 L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #5) R2 7-5 4-4

2011 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #32) R2 6-2 6-4

2010 L - VANIA KING (USA #79) R16-

Q 7-6(5) 6-1

CAROLINE GARCIA 2017

QF L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) 6-4 6-2

2016 R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #22) 2-6 6-3 6-3

2015 R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #23) 7-6(4) 6-2

2014 R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-4 6-1

2013 R2-Q L - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #68) 6-1 6-3


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• In other clay court tournaments this season, produced QF showings at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Stuttgart (l. Vandeweghe)

• Played first matches of 2018 clay season representing Romania in Fed Cup, going 2-0 in singles (d. Golubic, Schnyder) in 3-1 win over Switzerland

in World Group play-off

• During Sunshine Double, advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and made 3r in Miami (l. A.Radwanska)

• Forced to withdraw prior to Doha SF vs. Muguruza w/right foot injury and also withdrew from Dubai

• Opened 2018 season by winning singles and doubles (w/Begu) titles at Shenzhen. Defeated defending champion Siniakova in singles final for her

16th career title and first since Madrid May 2017; doubles title was first of career

• Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian Open in Melbourne in January; succumbed to Wozniacki in the final in three sets. Withdrew

from St Petersburg w/left ankle injury after Australian Open

• In 3r at Australian Open, saved triple match points and battled back to defeat Davis in 3h44, 4-6 6-4 15-13 – ranks as the third longest women’s

singles match ever at Australian Open, after Schiavone d. Kuznetsova (2011, R16, 4h44) and Strycova d. Kulikova (2010, 1r, 4h19). Also equal

longest in terms of number of games (48)

• Saved another two match points in defeat of Kerber in SF at Melbourne – believed to be first player to save match points in multiple matches and

reach a Grand Slam final

Career

• Finished 2017 as the year-end World No.1, having ascended to the No.1 spot for first time in career on October 9, 2017 – became the 25th woman

to reach the top spot since computer rankings began in November 1975, and the 13th to hold year-end No.1

• Defended Madrid title in 2017 (d. Mladenovic in F) – the third Premier Mandatory title of career (after 2015 Indian Wells and 2016 Madrid);

reached a further four finals in 2017: Rome (l. Svitolina), Roland Garros (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Beijing (l. Garcia)

• 2016 season highlighted by three titles, at Madrid (d. Cibulkova in F), Bucharest (d. Sevastova in F) and Montréal (d. Keys in F)

• Bucharest and Montréal results started 13-match winning streak that ended in SF at Cincinnati. Was second-longest streak of 2016, after Azarenka

(16)

• Won first career doubles title at 2018 Shenzhen (w/Begu, d. Krejcikova/Siniakova in F)

• Reached first WTA doubles final of her career at 2016 Montréal (w/Niculescu, l. Makarova/Vesnina)

• Career record vs. Top 5 players is 9-27, wins coming over No.3 Muguruza (2018 Roland Garros), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2

Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015 Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams

(2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome)

• Owns a 2-13 record vs. Top 2 opponents, wins coming against No.1 S.Wiliams (2014 WTA Finals) and No.2 Kerber (2016 Montreal). Losses were to

No.1 Azarenka (2012 Doha, 2012 Linz), No.2 Sharapova (2012 Indian Wells, 2012 Beijing), No.1 S.Williams (2013 Rome, 2013 Cincinnati, 2014

WTA Finals, 2015 Miami, 2016 Indian Wells, 2016 US Open), No.2 Kerber (2016 Cincinnati), No.1 Kerber (2016 WTA Finals) and No.2 Wozniacki

(2018 Australian Open)

• Between May 2013 and August 2014, improved ranking from No.64 to No.2, winning seven titles in this period

• Made Top 100 debut on July 12, 2010 and became third Romanian to break into the WTA Top 10 (after Ruzici, Spirlea) making debut there in week

of January 27, 2014

• Qualified four times for WTA Finals in Singapore (2014-17), reaching final in 2014 (l. S.Williams, having defeated the World No.1 in the round robin

stage)

• Named 2013 WTA Most Improved Player after winning her first six WTA titles and rising to year-end No.11 (dipped as low was No.64 in May)

• Reached first career final at 2010 Fès in just her third main draw appearance

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2010 Marbella as a qualifier, reaching quarterfinals

• Former junior World No.1

• Member of Romanian Fed Cup Team, 2010, 2012, 2014-18

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Wimbledon marked 33rd Grand Slam main draw appearance

• Won first Grand Slam title at 2018 Roland Garros (d. Stephens in F) after three runner-up finishes, at Roland Garros in 2014 (l. Sharapova in 3s),

2017 (l. Ostapenko in 3s) and at Australian Open in 2018 (l. Wozniacki in 3s)

• Became 49th different woman to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era, and the second Romanian woman to win a Slam after Ruzici at 1978

Roland Garros

• First Romanian woman to advance to final at Australian Open

• Also semifinalist at Wimbledon in 2014 (l. Bouchard) and US Open in 2015 (l. eventual champion Pennetta)

• Won Roland Garros girls’ singles title in 2008 – now the sixth woman to go on to win the women’s singles title – after Durr, Jausovec, Mandlikova,

Capriati and Henin

Other Information

• Tennis idols are Justine Henin and Roger Federer

• Coached by Australian Darren Cahill. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette and Victor Ionita

• Endorsement portfolio currently includes Mercedes-Benz and Hublot; earlier this year signed clothing endorsement deal with Nike and began

wearing their kit at 2018 Doha

GARCIA:

Montréal

• Making fifth Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall). Has now equaled best result of 2017 QF run (l. Halep)

• Also doubles R-up in 2015 (w/Srebotnik, l. Mattek-Sands/Safarova)

• Seeded No.6 this week – has been seeded at 16 consecutive tournaments, a run which started at 2017 WTA Finals

• Following 1r bye, began 2018 campaign with 3s victory over No.29 Rybarikova

• Is now in seventh QF of the season after defeating Sharapova for the second time this year

• Currently owns a four-match winning streak against Russian opponents this year – Blinkova (Doha), Makarova (Dubai) and Sharapova (Stuttgart,

Montreal)

• Hoping to improve 1-4 record vs No. 1 Halep today; also faced each other in the QF of 2017 Toronto (Halep won in straight sets)

• Since 2017 Wuhan, Garcia has found consistent form at Premier 5 tournaments and above – 2017 Wuhan (Champion), 2017 Beijing (Champion),

2018 Doha (QF), Dubai (QF), Madrid (SF) and Rome (QF)

• Posted 5-3 record during 2017 North American hardcourt season, in addition to Rogers Cup run reaching 3r at US Open (l. Kvitova) and falling 1r at

Cincinnati (l. Vesnina)

• One of three French players in starting field (also Cornet and Mladenovic). Mauresmo was the last Frenchwoman to win title here in 2004

Season

• Coming off 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Bencic)

• Reached QF at Mallorca (l. Kenin)

• Enjoyed a R16 result at Roland Garros (l. Kerber) improving her career win total in Paris to 10 – her most wins of any Slam

• Made QF at Rome losing to World No.1 Halep - is now 0-6 vs. reigning World No.1s

• Reached SF at Madrid (l. Bertens). Also enjoyed a SF run at Stuttgart, her best result at the indoor clay event to date (l. Vandeweghe)

• At Stuttgart, defeated No.41 Sharapova in 1r, 15-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in 2r, and No.4 Svitolina in QF for first Top 5 win of season

• Reached R16 on green clay of Charleston (l. Cornet)

• Suffered an opening match exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Riske) after a R16 showing at Indian Wells (l. Kerber)

• Made back-to-back QF appearances in Doha and Dubai (l. Muguruza on both occasions)

• Upset by No.450 qualifier Rybakina in 2r at St. Petersburg

• Advanced to R16 at Australian Open for the first time (l. Keys)

• Opened season at Brisbane, falling 1r (ret. vs. Cornet w/low back injury)

Career

• Enjoyed break-out year in 2017, ending season at then-career high No.8, winning her first titles at Premier 5 and Premier-Mandatory level, and

qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore

• Lifted two titles in 2017, winning Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back to improve record in WTA singles finals to 5-2. Title runs saw her win 11 matches in a

row. This was her joint-best win streak of career – also won 11 straight matches in 2014, winning title at Bogotá (5 wins), going 2-0 in Fed Cup action

vs. USA, then reaching the QF at Madrid (4 wins)

• Won 48 main draw matches last season, an increase of 14 on her 2016 total

• Wuhan marked first Premier 5 title of career, subsequently bettered by Beijing being first Premier Mandatory title of career. Saved 1 match point in QF

win vs. Svitolina en route to Beijing title

• Became third player to reach back‐to‐back finals in Wuhan and Beijing. The previous two were Kvitova in 2014 (Wuhan WON, Beijing R‐Up) and

Muguruza in 2015 (Wuhan R‐Up, Beijing WON)

• Qualified for 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore, reaching SF (l. V.Williams). Was first French woman through to contest the season-ending event in singles

since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F)

• Has qualified for WTA Finals in doubles twice, in 2015 (w/Srebotnik – lost in RR stage) and 2016 (w/Mladeneovic - SF)

• Played 2015 WTA Finals Rising Stars Invitational (l. Osaka in F)

• Winner of two WTA singles titles in 2016 –at Strasbourg (d. Lucic‐Baroni in F) and Mallorca (d. Sevastova in F)

• Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, going 1‐1 in singles round‐robin play – d. Stosur, l. Konta

• Represented France at Rio Olympics in singles (2r), doubles (w/Mladenovic, 1r) and mixed doubles (w/Mahut, 1r)

• Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to 2016 final vs. Czech Republic – went 2‐0 in singles, posting wins over Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova,

although the Czechs won the tie, 3‐2

• Ended 2016 season with runner‐up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges, France (l. Alexandrova in F), where she was the defending champion

• In addition to winning 2016 Roland Garros, team of Garcia/Mladenovic also reached title match at 2016 US Open (l. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova) among

eight finals reached in 2016 – won at Charleston, Stuttgart and Madrid as well as Roland Garros. Garcia is now 6‐10 in tour‐level doubles finals.

Garcia/Mladenovic qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore – advanced to semifinals (l. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova); duly finished season co‐ranked

No.2, a new career‐high for both players

• Owns 15 wins over Top 10 players in career: No.9 Jankovic (2014 Bogotá), No.8 Kerber (2014 Madrid), No.6 A.Radwanska (2014 Wuhan), No.6

Ivanovic (2015 Monterrey), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Indian Wells), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Stuttgart), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016

Fed Cup final), No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Wuhan), No.3 Svitolina and No.2 Halep (both 2017 Beijing), No.4 Svitolina and No.6 Wozniacki (both 2017 WTA

Finals), No.4 Svitolina (2018 Stuttgart) and No.10 Stephens (2018 Rome)

• Won maiden singles title at 2014 Bogotá (d. Jankovic in F) and won the doubles (w/Arruabarrena), becoming first player to win singles and doubles at

same event since S.Williams at 2012 Olympics

• Reached finals in consecutive weeks at 2015 Acapulco and Monterrey (l. Bacsinszky in both)

• Made WTA and Grand Slam main draw debut at 2011 Australian Open, advancing to 2r

• Played first professional match aged 13 at an ITF event in France in 2007

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Wimbledon marked 26th Grand Slam main draw appearance

• Advanced to QF at 2017 Roland Garros (l. Ka.Pliskova) for best Grand Slam singles result to date

• At Wimbledon, best result is R16 in 2017 (l. Konta) and also reached same stage at 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kerber)

• Made US Open 3r in 2016 (l. A.Radwanska) and 2017 (l. Kvitova)

• In juniors, singles runner‐up at 2011 US Open (l. Min) and was a semifinalist at the other three Grand Slam events

• In 2016 was doubles champion at Roland Garros and R-Up at US Open (both w/Mladenovic)

Other Information

• Coached by father, Louis Paul Garcia

• Played many sports when she was younger and chose tennis because it was the one she enjoyed the most

• Enjoys reading and spending time with family


MATCH NOTES

[5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs. [14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15)

Head to Head: 1-1

2018 HARD O QF ELISE MERTENS 73 mins 6-4 6-0 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

2017 CLAY O F ELINA SVITOLINA 76 mins 6-2 6-4 ISTANBUL

ELINA SVITOLINA 5

5

12-09-1994 (23)

$2,356,254

$9,727,632

3 / 12

0 / 2

31-9 / 213-118

8-3 / 64-38

2-5 / 43-32

ELISE MERTENS 15

9

17-11-1995 (22)

$1,548,320

$2,344,560

3 / 4

3 / 5

3-0

37-13 / 72-37

10-4 / 24-12

7-6 / 14-14

WTA RANKING




MONTRÉAL W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) *



9-2

17-7 / 35-19 20-4 / 150-77

5-3 / 19-21 5-1 / 6-1

4-2 / 24-31 1-3 / 2-6

8-2 / 41-57 1-5 / 4-16



* Updated entering 2018 Montreál QF

[5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5)

R16: d. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43) 6-3,6-4 (1h24)

R32: d. MIHAELA BUZARNESCU (ROU #20) 6-3,6-7(5),4-3 Ret'd (2h20)

R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE QUARTERFINALS vs. [14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15)

R16: d. ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #39) 2-6,7-6(1),6-0 (2h12)

R32: d. SHUAI ZHANG (CHN #32) 6-2,6-7(2),6-0 (1h53)

R64: d. EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #129) 6-2,6-4 (1h34)

Total games: 48

Won/lost: 28-20

Sets won/lost: 4-1




Total games: 72

Won/lost: 45-27

Sets won/lost: 6-2




MONTRÉAL Tournament History ELINA SVITOLINA 2017

W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) F 6-4 6-0


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SVITOLINA:

Montréal

• Returns to Rogers Cup action as the defending champion. Has reached her second QF

• Has successfully defended her title three times in her career (2014 Baku, 2018 Dubai and 2018 Rome), having only

played in four such situations prior to Montréal – only loss as the defending champion came at 2017 Kuala Lumpur

• Returning to hardcourts where she posted a 17-4 record earlier this season – has since improved it to 20-4, just three

wins behind tour leader, Kerber

• Playing in her third tournament in North America this season – went 4-2 at Miami and Indian Wells

• After a 1r bye, was leading 2r opponent Buzarnescu in the 3s before an ankle injury forced the Romanian to retire

• Defeated Konta in R16 to earn her spot in the QF. Broke Konta’s serve three times in the second set, four times

throughout the match, to secure the win

• This is her eighth QF appearance of 2018 – is 3-4 at this stage, winning the title on all three occasions

• Faces No.15 Mertens today for the third time in her career. Looking to avenge her QF loss to her at the Australian

Open earlier this season

• Holds an 8-2 record against Top 20 opponents this season – her last such win came over No.1 Halep in the final at

Rome. Is 4-1 in such matches on hardcourts this year

• Has three titles to her name this season (Brisbane, Dubai and Rome), one of three players on tour with more than two

titles this season - also Kvitova (5) and, today’s opponent, Mertens (3)

• The only player from Ukraine still in play this week, with Tsurenko retiring in her 2r match against Suárez Navarro

Season

• Coming off a 1r upset at Wimbledon (l. Maria)

• Made a QF run at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Buzarnescu), having also fallen to Buzarnescu at Roland Garros 3r

• Defended her title in Rome (d. Halep in F). Now owns four victories over No.1 ranked players: d. Halep (2018 Rome),

S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2017 Brisbane and 2016 Beijing)

• Boasts 12-2 record in tour-level finals. Has won her past eight matches at this stage, with last defeat coming against

Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai

• Owns four Top 10 wins in 2018 (No.9 Konta and No.4 Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane; No.9 Kerber at


MATCH NOTES

2016 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) R16 1-6 7-6(2) 6-4

2015 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #21) R1 6-1 6-4


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Dubai and No.1 Halep in Rome)

• Had a 2r exit in Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) after reaching the QF in Stuttgart (l. Garcia) in her first clay tournament of

the year

• Enjoyed a 4-2 record through the “Sunshine Double” posting a 3r result at Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro) and a QF

run at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko). Ended Osaka’s eight-match winning streak in 2r of Miami

• Made successful title defense at Dubai (d. Kasatkina in F). This was second time in career she has defended a title (also

Baku 2013-14)

• Made 3r exit at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

• Advanced to QF at Australian Open for first time (l. Mertens); was on nine-match win streak entering QF

• Became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Australian Open, surpassing A.Bondarenko who fell in R16 in 2010;

K.Bondarenko reached QF at 2009 US Open. Was bidding to become first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam

semifinal

• Opened 2018 season by capturing her 10th career WTA title at Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); defeated two Top 10

players en route to title (d. No.9 Konta and No.5 Ka.Pliskova)

Career

• Won 12th career WTA singles title at 2018 Rome (d. Halep in F); career record in finals now stands at 12-2, including a

current eight match win streak over the 2017 and 2018 seasons

• Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins of

season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60)

• Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the

season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record)

• Her five titles in 2017 included Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d.

Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F)

• Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments

were introduced in 2009

• Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup

action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before

withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in

three sets

• One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia,

Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017

• On three occasions could have reached World No.1 spot – needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to

triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF)

• Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8-1 (Wozniacki was 8-4)

• Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in

addition, post‐US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova)

• Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F)

• Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l.

A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova)

• Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova)

• Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/Doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/Gavrilova)

• Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years)

• Played first ITF Circuit events of career in 2008. Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, 2012‐2017. Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016

Grand Slam History


• Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R‐Up

Halep) and 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens)

• At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko)

• Reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys)

• Joint‐highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros)

Other Information

• Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian

• Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family

• Currently working with coach Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain

Hughes

MERTENS:

Montréal

• Making debut appearance at Rogers Cup and first appearance in Canada since a SF run at $50k ITF/Toronto in 2016

• Contesting 2018 Montréal at a career-high ranking of No.15, first posted week after Roland Garros (June 11, 2018).

Last year began North American hardcourt swing at No.47

• Seeded No.14 this week – her seventh consecutive tournament as a seeded player, and 13th such tournament of

2018. In contrast, was seeded just seven times throughout 2017, all at International level

• Defeated Bouchard in the opening round, improving her record against opponents playing in their home country to

7-1 this season

• Has battled through a pair of 3s victories in the 2r (d. Zhang) and R16 (d. Sabalenka) bageling her opponents in the

third set of both matches

• Has now advanced to her sixth QF of the season – is a perfect 5-0 in matches at this stage

• Faces No.5 Svitolina today for the third time, including a victory over the Ukranian in the QF round at the Australian

Open earlier this season, her only career Top 5 win to this point

• Looking for her second straight SF appearance, having done so in San Jose last week

• Has three titles to her name this season (Hobart, Rabat and Lugano), one of three players on tour with more than two

titles this season - also Kvitova (5) and, today’s opponent, Svitolina (3)

• The only Belgian still in play this week, with Flipkens and Van Uytvanck falling earlier in the tournament

Season

• Achieved her fifth SF appearance of the season in San Jose (l. eventual champion Buzarnescu)

• Reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova) for her career-best result at the All England Club

• Also reached 3r at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Sabalenka) and fell in 2r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Lottner) and 1r at

Birmingham (l. Jakupovic)

• In doubles, won fifth career title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and finishing R-Up at Birmingham (both w/Schuurs)

• Started clay court season with back-to-back titles at Lugano (d. Sabalenka in F) and Rabat (d. Tomljanovic in F). One

of six players to win multiple titles on tour so far this year (3), along with Kvitova (5), Svitolina (3), Halep (2), Kerber

(2) and Wozniacki (2)

• Fell to World No.1 Halep at other two clay court events, in R16 at Roland Garros and 2r at Madrid. Finished clay

swing with tour’s best record on the surface – 16-2 win-loss, edging Halep’s 16-3 record

• Also won doubles title at Lugano (w/Flipkens, d. Lapko/Sabalenka in F)

• Won both rubbers (d. Errani and Paolini) to help Belgium to 4-0 victory in its World Group I play-off against Italy

• Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Q.Wang) and reached 3r at Miami (l. Konta)

• Fell 2r in Doha (l. Cirstea), followed by a 1r exit in Dubai (l. Bellis)

• Went 1-1 in Fed Cup World Group play for Belgium vs. France (d. Parmentier, l. Mladenovic). France won tie 3-2

• Achieved Grand Slam breakthrough at Australian Open; making debut at event, advanced to first SF at a major – d.

No.23 Gavrilova in 2r and No.4 Svitolina in QF – first win over a Top 5 opponent – en route before falling to No.2

seed and eventual champion Wozniacki (ending 10-match win streak)

• With Australian Open results, made Top 20 debut at No.20 (week of January 29, 2018)

• Passed $1 million in career prize money with 3r victory over Cornet at Australian Open

• Enjoyed successful title defense at 2018 Hobart (d. Buzarnescu in F), having won her maiden title there in 2017.

Completed sweep of titles by teaming up with Schuurs to defeat L.Kichenok/Ninomiya in doubles final

• Began 2018 season at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 2-1 in singles play (d. Bouchard and Gavrilova, l.

Kerber) and 2-1 in doubles (w/Goffin)

Career

• Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish in career

• 2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) – one of five qualifiers

to win a singles title in 2017

• Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitolina) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New Haven (l.

Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig)

• Won second career doubles title at 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs) and reached finals at 2017 Bucharest (w/Schuurs)

and Istanbul (w/Melichar)

• Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing

• Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – as qualifier, advanced to QF (l. Mladenovic)

• In 2016 also reached 2r on grass at Mallorca (as qualifier, d. Schiavone in 1r, l. Jankovic) and fell in qualifying on nine

occasions: Auckland, Australian Open, St Petersburg, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Gstaad, Bastad, Linz and

Luxembourg

• Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has five doubles titles – also 2017

Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens) and 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

(w/Schuurs)

• Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying)

• Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

Grand Slam History

• Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

• Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF

at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF)

• In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep) and Wimbledon,

where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova)

• Fell 1r at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2016 US Open (as qualifier, l. Muguruza in 3s)

• Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon,

2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon

Other Information

• Currently coached by Dieter Kindlmann

• Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy

in Paris

• Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to

tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM)

• Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English

• Was home schooled


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Bryan Shapiro ([email protected])


ROGERS CUP – SECOND & THIRD ROUND (THURSDAY)

Central [Q] CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)

Stephens leads 2-0 Stephens won the players’ only hard court meeting, at Cincinnati in 2015… Suárez Navarro’s two Top 5

victories this year both came against Svitolina… Stephens 5-1 against qualifiers this season

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) Halep leads 7-0

Pavlyuchenkova led 4-3 in first set before rain intervened… Both players upset by Hsieh at Wimbledon… Halep has dropped just two sets across seven previous encounters with Pavlyuchenkova

ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #39) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) Wozniacki leads 1-0

Wozniacki won only previous meeting, in this year’s Eastbourne final… Sabalenka aiming for second Top 10 win… Wozniacki one of four former Rogers Cup champions in the draw

MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) Sharapova leads 4-1

Garcia won thrilling encounter between the two earlier this year at Stuttgart… Garcia a former Rogers Cup quarterfinalist in singles and finalist in doubles… Sharapova owns two Top 10 wins this year

Banque Nationale KIKI BERTENS (NED #18) vs. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8)

Kvitova leads 2-0 Kvitova beat the Dutchwoman in a near-three-hour Madrid final earlier this year… Bertens aiming for

her sixth Top 10 win of the season… Kvitova one of four former champions in the draw



MATCH NOTES

[Q] CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)

Head to Head: SLOANE STEPHENS leads 2-0

2015 HARD O R1 SLOANE STEPHENS 65 mins6-1 6-2 CINCINNATI

2015 GRASS O R2 SLOANE STEPHENS 76 mins6-1 7-5 EASTBOURNE

CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO

27

25

03-09-1988 (29)

$1,008,307

$10,126,448

0 / 2

0 / 3

18-14 / 324-227

7-3 / 102-68

3-3 / 58-44

SLOANE STEPHENS

3

6

20-03-1993 (25)

$2,987,641

$11,295,745

1 / 6

0 / 0

8-5

23-11 / 182-123

6-5 / 58-40

3-5 / 47-24

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






8-7

11-5 / 115-78 11-6 / 169-138

0-0 / 28-19 3-0 / 15-5

2-5 / 26-59 3-3 / 12-31

3-6 / 45-94 6-5 / 28-50




* Updated entering 2018 Montréal R16

[Q] CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #27)

R32: d. LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #45) 6-4,3-2 Ret'd – back injury (1h23)

R64: d. [16] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #17) 7-6(2),6-2 (1h29)

R2-Q: d. KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #79) 6-0, Ret'd – ankle (0h23)

R1-Q: d. ANASTASIA RODIONOVA (AUS #1,128) 6-3,6-2 (1h20)

ROAD TO THE ROUND OF 16

vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)


R64: BYE

Total games: 36

Won/lost: 22-14

Sets won/lost: 4-0




Total games: 14

Won/lost: 12-2

Sets won/lost: 2-0






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SUÁREZ NAVARRO:

Montréal

Making eighth appearance at the Rogers Cup

Best result remains 2014’s QF run (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams), during which she defeated both Ka.Pliskova

and Sharapova

Contested qualifying for the first time at the Rogers Cup this year. Deepest run by a qualifier in the tournament’s history were to SF by Yan in 2007 and Kucova in 2016

Began 2018 Montréal main draw by upsetting No.17 Osaka for her third Top 20 win of the season (also No.4

Svitolina at Indian Wells and No.4 Svitolina at Madrid)

In 2r, advanced after Tsurenko retired w/low back injury

Faces No.3 Stephens today; owns 2-3 record against US players in 2018, most recently losing to Collins at

Eastbourne

Bidding to reach her fourth QF of the year, having reached that stage previously at Australian Open, Indian

Wells and Madrid

Season

Made 3r at Wimbledon (l. Bencic). All England Club result ensured she passed $10 million in career prize

money

Began grass season with early exits in Mallorca (1r, l. Arruabarrena) and Eastbourne (following 1r bye, l.

Collins)


MATCH NOTES

CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO

2017

L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #14) R1 6-1 7-6(5)

2016

L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #121) R2 3-6 6-4 6-4

2015

L - ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #28) R1 6-3 6-7(2) 6-4

2014

L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #26) QF 4-6 6-2 6-3

2013

L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #11) R2 1-6 6-2 6-3

2012

L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #43) R16 6-3 6-0

2009

L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #13) R1 6-3 6-3

SLOANE STEPHENS

2017


2016


2015


2014


2013



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Ended clay season with 1r exit in Rome (l. Vekic) and 2r finish at Roland Garros (l. Sakkari)

Advanced to QF stage in Madrid, defeating No.4 Svitolina en route (l. No.7 Garcia)

Fell in 1r at Stuttgart (l. Kudermetova) in first clay court event of 2018

Made 2r showing at Miami (Y. Wang) after QF run at Indian Wells (l. V. Williams), defeating No.4 Svitolina in

3r

Reached 2r at Doha (l. Konta) and Dubai (l. Ka.Pliskova)

Split singles rubbers during Spain’s Fed Cup World Group II defeat to Italiy (d. Paolini, l. Errani)

Reached her third career QF appearance at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), equaling her

best result at the Grand Slams

Opened 2018 season with 1r exit at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Svitolina) and fell in qualifying at Sydney

Career

Finished 2017 ranked at No.40, down from No.12 in 2016 – best season finished of career to date

Reached R16 at both US Open (l. V. Williams) and Roland Garros in 2017 (l. R-Up Halep)

Also in 2017, reached SF at Monterrey (l. then No.1 Kerber) and Bucharest (l. eventual champion Begu)

2016 season highlight was winning biggest title of career at Premier 5 Doha (d. Ostapenko in F). Triumph

was second WTA singles title, after winning first at 2014 Oeiras (d. Kuznetsova in F)

Returned to Top 10 after 2016 Doha title at No.6, a new career-high singles ranking

Represented Spain at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Reached 3r in singles (l. Keys), QF in doubles (w/Muguruza, l.

eventual gold medalists Makarova/Vesnina), and fell 1r in mixed doubles (w/Ferrer, l. Watson/A.Murray)

Ended 2015 season third on list for Top 5 wins (4-6 record), defeating No.3 Kvitova (3r Dubai), No.3 Kvitova

(QF Doha), No.4 Kvitova (QF Rome) and No.2 Halep (SF Rome)

One of six players to make Top 10 rankings debut in 2015 (April 6, 2015 at No.10), rising as high as No.8

during the season. Third Spanish women to achieve a Top 10 ranking, after Sánchez‐Vicario and Martínez;

Muguruza has since become the fourth

2015 singles highlights included finishing runner-up in three singles finals. Reached title match at Antwerp in

February 2015, but was forced to withdraw vs. Petkovic w/neck injury; a month later, reached biggest final of

career at Miami (l. S.Williams). Capped off strong first half of season with run to final in Rome (l. Sharapova

in 3s)

In doubles, qualified for 2015 WTA Finals (w/Muguruza) after winning two titles at Birmingham and Tokyo

[PPO], and posting R-Up finishes at Dubai and Madrid. Pair advanced to final in Singapore, falling to top

seeds Hingis/Mirza

Won first WTA doubles title in 2014, at Stanford (w/Muguruza); team qualified for 2014 WTA Finals (l. QF)

Spanish No.2, having been overtaken by Muguruza after she reached 2015 Wimbledon final

Currently the highest ranked woman with a single‐handed backhand

Grand Slam History

Best Grand Slam results have been reaching the QF stage at three of the four majors – at Roland Garros in

2008 (as qualifier, l. Jankovic) and 2014 (l. Bouchard), at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Dementieva), 2016 (l.

A.Radwanska) and 2018 (l. Wozniacki), and 2013 US Open (l. S.Williams)

QF run at 2008 Roland Garros made her the first qualifier to reach Roland Garros last eight since 2001; and

ranked No.132, became joint‐lowest‐ranked quarterfinalist at Roland Garros (also Pierce)

Best result at Wimbledon is reaching R16 in 2013 and 2016

2016 saw her reach R16 or better at each of the four Grand Slams – one of just four players to do so (also

Keys, A.Radwanska and S.Williams)

Other Information

Currently coached by Marc Casabó and Óscar Serrano

Split with longtime coach Xavier Budo in July of 2017, having spent 10 years together

Father is José Luís (plays handball) and mother is Lali (was gymnast, now teacher)

Began playing tennis at age 9

Moved from Canary Islands to Barcelona in 2007 to train at Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy

Favorites surface is clay, favorite shot is crosscourt backhand

STEPHENS:

Montréal

Making sixth appearance at the Rogers Cup. Best result is SF run last season (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

Also made a R16 run in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and a 2r exit in 2014 (l. Jankovic)



Since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 23-9 win-loss record

Faces qualifier Suárez Navarro today; owns 5-1 record against qualifiers in 2018, with sole loss coming in first match of the year against Giorgi at Sydney

Competing in doubles play with Bouchard. The pair is onto the 2r after defeating No.5 seed Dabrowski/Xu in 1r

One of four Americans in starting field – also McHale, Dolehide and V.Williams

Season



Finished clay court season by reaching second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s). Rose to career-high No.4 after run in Paris. Is now 6-1 in career singles finals




Lifted first Premier-mandatory title at Miami (d. Ostapenko)

Subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9 following her title run at Key Biscayne


and Bryan brothers)





Career












Grand Slam History
















Other Information








MATCH NOTES

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28)


2017 CLAY O R16 SIMONA HALEP 97 mins6-1 4-6 6-0 ROME

2015 HARD O R2 SIMONA HALEP 65 mins6-2 6-1 WUHAN

2015 HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP 101 mins7-6(3) 6-2 CINCINNATI

2013 HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 68 mins6-3 6-3 SOFIA

2013 HARD I SF SIMONA HALEP 75 mins6-2 6-1 MOSCOW

2013 HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP 133 mins3-6 7-6(5) 3-0 TOKYO

2012 HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP 85 mins6-4 6-2 DUBAI

SIMONA HALEP

1

1

27-09-1991 (26)

$5,483,511

$26,219,526

2 / 17

1 / 1

37-7 / 318-147

13-3 / 92-48

2-3 / 37-49

ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA

28

69

03-07-1991 (27)

$492,499

$8,471,007

1 / 12

0 / 5

6-7

12-13 / 306-226

5-4 / 104-80

6-4 / 74-64

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






14-4

3-6 / 222-147 19-3 / 182-91

8-0 / 33-11 0-2 / 25-28

4-3 / 31-44 1-3 / 27-56

10-4 / 85-66 3-5 / 53-98




* Updated entering 2018 Montréal 2r


R64: BYE

ROAD TO THE SECOND ROUND

vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28)

R64: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #98) 6-3,6-2 (1h12)


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HALEP:

Montréal

Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup, where she is one of four former champions in the draw

Captured singles title in 2016 after defeating four Top 20 opponents, incl. No.2 Kerber in the semifinals

Also finished R-Up in 2015 (ret. vs. Bencic w/heat illness) and in 2016 doubles w/Niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

After 1r bye, faces Pavlyuchenkova in 2r today. Has won all seven of their previous meetings, six of which came on hard courts

Has won past five matches against Russians, a run stretching back to 2017 Wuhan (l. Kasatkina)


Is guaranteed to hold on to the WTA World No.1 Ranking at least through the week of Cincinnati, taking her total to 41 and overtaking Mauresmo at No.11 in the all-time list

Also currently tops the Porsche Race to Singapore Leader Board – Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals in October

One of tournament-leading six Romanian women in the starting field – three in 2r action (also Buzarnescu and Cirstea)

Leads the WTA in 2018 for return games won – 50.2% (only player to win more than half return games)


MATCH NOTES

SIMONA HALEP

2017


2016


2015


2012


2011


2010


7-6(5) 6-1


2017

R2 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-3 6-3

2016

QF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #12) 7-6(3) 1-6 6-0

2014

R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-1 3-6 6-2

2013

R2 L - NA LI (CHN #5) 6-1 6-4

2012

R1 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #39) 6-2 6-3

2011

R1 L - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #37) 3-6 6-4 6-1

2010

R1 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #16) 7-5 4-6 6-1

2009

R1-Q L - HEIDI EL TABAKH (CAN #194) 4-6 6-1 6-2


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Season

Fell 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh in 3s). Did not play a grass tournament before heading to Wimbledon (withdrew from Eastbourne w/foot injury), but arrived in London more than a week early in order to prepare











Career







Career record vs. Top 5 players is 9-27, wins coming over No.3 Muguruza (2018 Roland Garros), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015

Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome)










Grand Slam History







Other Information




PAVLYUCHENKOVA:

Montréal

Making eighth main draw appearance at the Rogers Cup (ninth overall). Achieved best result here in 2016, advancing

to QF (l. Keys)

Reached 2r in 2013 (l. Li) and made 1r exits in 2010-12, 2014; fell in 2009 qualifying

Defeated McHale in 1r on Tuesday to score third hard court win of 2018 (also Kozlova at Australian Open and

Sasnovich at Miami)

Faces No.1 Halep today; record against No.1-ranked players stands at 1-5, with sole win coming over Kerber at 2017

Monterrey

Only Top 10 win this season came over No.3 Muguruza (via ret.) at Stuttgart

One of three Russians to reach 2r here (also Kasatkina and Sharapova). A Russian has lifted the trophy here on two

occasions – Safina (2008) and Dementieva (2009)

Season

Coming off 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh, who also knocked out Halep in 3r)

Reached 2r at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova) and made 1r exit at Birmingham (l. Muguruza)

Posted 2r showing at Roland Garros (d. Hercog, l. Stosur)

Won 12th WTA singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F), bringing her record in finals to 12-6

Strasbourg final, in which she saved 2mp, marked second-longest WTA match of 2018 (3hrs, 36min). Longest WTA

match of the season came at Australian Open (Halep d. Davis in 3hrs, 44min)

Fell 1r back-to-back at Madrid (l. Stosur) and Rome (l. Keys) after QF run at Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit)

Scored two of her three Top 20 wins of 2018 at Stuttgart (d. No.13 Keys and No.3 Muguruza). Also defeated No.17

Barty en route to Strasbourg title

Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kerber) and made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Anisimova)

Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Konta), Doha (l. Cibulkova) and on home soil at St. Petersburg (l. Makarova)

Started off 2018 campaign at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 0-3 in singles play (l. Vandeweghe, Bencic and

Osaka) and 2-1 in doubles action (w/Khachanov)

Scored 1r win at Australian Open over Kozlova, before exiting in 2r (l. Bondarenko)

Career

2017 marked her 10th consecutive Top 50 finish, including second Top 20 finish at No.15 (also finished No.16 in 2011)

Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, Rabat and

Hong Kong

Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 (d. then-No.1 Kerber)

Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos)

In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber),

St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l. Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova)

Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r

Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008

Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011)

Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow

Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 43rd career main draw appearance at a major

Completed set of career Grand Slam QFs by reaching this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams)

Had previously reached last eight at 2011 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Schiavone), 2011 US Open (l. eventual

champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Also made doubles QF at all majors: 2013 Australian Open and Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 US Open

One of just six active players to achieve feat of reaching QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles

(also Williams sisters, Kuznetsova, Schiavone and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011

Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova 6-0 6-1)

As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title) and was

runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros and won four Grand Slam girls' doubles titles

Other Information

Coached by Joakim Nystrom. Previously coached by Simon Goffin, as well as father, Sergey and brother, Aleks

Introduced to tennis at age six by family

Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level

canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer


MATCH NOTES

ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #39) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 1-0

2018 GRASS O F CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 117 mins7-5 7-6(5) EASTBOURNE

ARYNA SABALENKA

39

33

05-05-1998 (20)

$450,606

$731,673

0 / 0

0 / 0

22-15 / 34-23

11-6 / 14-10

6-2 / 8-6

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2

3

11-07-1990 (28)

$4,015,439

$30,850,133

2 / 29

0 / 2

15-8

32-10 / 564-232

11-3 / 147-76

6-5 / 89-77

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






1-0

17-5 / 403-155 11-6 / 22-13

3-3 / 5-3 4-2 / 57-28

1-3 / 1-4 2-0 / 60-65

4-5 / 5-6 6-4 / 130-103





ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #39)

R64: d. ANA BOGDAN (ROU #82) 6-4,4-6,6-3 (1h52)


vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2)

R64: BYE


from

SABALENKA:

Montréal

Making tournament debut at Rogers Cup this week

In 1r on Tuesday, won four of the last five games to defeat Bogdan in 3s. Has now contested 17 three-set matches in

2018, only Buzarnescu (19), Kasatkina (18) and Siniakova (18) have played more

Now has 22 WTA main draw wins to her name in 2018. Prior to 2018, owned just 12 main draw victories

Faces No.2 Wozniacki in 2r today. Owns one Top 10 win in her career, against No.7 Ka.Pliskova at 2018 Eastbourne

Lost sole previous match vs. Top 5 opponent against No.1 Halep at 2018 Shenzhen

Enters the week ranked No.39. By contrast, this time last year sat at No.111 in the rankings

Season

Contested qualifying last week at San Jose

Suffered 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu)

Reached first Premier-level final at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki). Recorded wins over No.13 Goerges, No.15 Mertens and

No.7 Pliskova en route to final – the third, fourth and fifth Top 20 wins of her career (previously defeated No.18

Kuznetsova (2018 Indian Wells) and No.13 Stephens (2017 Fed Cup Final))


MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2017

F L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-4 6-0

2015

R2 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #20) 7-5 7-5

2014

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 4-6 7-5 7-5

2013

R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 5-7 7-6(0) 6-4

2012

SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 3-6 6-2 6-3

2011

R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #22) 6-4 7-5

2010

F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #11) 6-3 6-2

2009

R2 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #25) 7-5 6-3

2007

R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #58) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-2


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MONTREAL Tournament History

Posted career-high ranking of No.32 after Eastbourne (July 2, 2018)

Started grass court swing with QF appearance at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual R-Up Flipkens) prior to falling 1r at

Mallorca (l. Van Uytvanck)

Fell at the first hurdle of Roland Garros (l. Bertens)

Advanced through qualifying at both Madrid and Rome but fell in 1r to Pera and Hsieh, respectively

Reached second career WTA final at Lugano (l. Mertens)

Produced 3r run on Premier Mandatory debut at Indian Wells (d. 2017 R-Up Kuznetsova in 2r, l. Vondrousova) prior to

advancing to 2r in Miami the following week (l. Kvitova)

Contested qualifying at Dubai (l. Errani in final round after holding 1mp)

Won both singles rubbers (d. Lottner and Maria), but could not prevent Belarus slipping to 3-2 defeat against Germany

in Fed Cup World Group I

Fell 1r on Australian Open debut (l. Barty)

Opened 2018 season with back-to-back QFs at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Halep) and Hobart (l. Tsurenko)

Career

Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78

Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova)

Also made SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut

at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko)

Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles

as side lost to USA

Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during Fed Cup final in Minsk

Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic)

In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/Tianjin-CHN and

$50k ITF/Toyota-JPN

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat

On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one doubles title

Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/Minsk-BLR

Grand Slam History

Reached 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft)

Made 1r exit on only other three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l.

Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu)

Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros

Other Information

Born in Minsk

Started playing aged 6

Favorite surface is hard

WOZNIACKI:

Montréal Making 10th Rogers Cup appearance. Champion in 2010 (d. Zvonareva in F) and R-Up in 2017 (l. Svitolina)

Also a semifinalist in 2012 (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

One of four former champions in the draw this week (also Halep, Kvitova and Svitolina). Is bidding to become the

12th player in the Open Era to win the title multiple times (also Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Chris Evert, Regina

Marsikova, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Serena

Williams, Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin)

After 1r bye, faces Sabalenka in 2r – came from a break down in both sets to defeat the Belarusian in Eastbourne

final earlier this summer

Holds an 12-7 career record against Belarusian opponents (all seven defeats vs. Azarenka)

Bidding for 33rd win of the season (32-10) – one of 10 players to pass the 30-win mark this season. Posted a

tour-leading 60 wins in 2017

One of nine Grand Slam champions in the starting field this tournament

Season

Made 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Makarova)

Also on grass, won her second title of the season, and 29th of her career in Eastbourne (d. Sabalenka in F). Win over

Konta in Eastbourne 3r was 50th grass court win, becoming just the seventh active player with as many wins on the

surface (also S.Williams, V.Williams, Sharapova, A.Radwanska, Kerber and Jankovic)

Fell in R16 at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) after QF showing at Rome (l. Kontaveit) and R16 at Madrid (l. eventual R-Up

Bertens)

Made QF at Istanbul (ret. vs. eventual champion Parmentier w/left abdominal injury)

Reached R16 at Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Puig)

Posted SF run at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

Fell in QF at St Petersburg (after 1r bye, d. Potapova; l. No.8 seed Kasatkina)

Won first Grand Slam title of career at Australian Open (d. No.1 Halep in F) – became first Danish woman to win a

major singles title

Win over Halep marked her fourth win over a reigning World No.1 (4-6 career record), having won her first three all in

2017 over Ka.Pliskova (Toronto), Muguruza (Tokyo [PPO]) and Halep (WTA Finals Singapore)

With her triumph in Melbourne reclaimed the World No.1 ranking for the first time in six years, marking the longest

gap between stints at the top spot since the computer rankings were introduced in November 1975 (6 years, 0 days)

Opened 2018 season with R-Up finish at Auckland (l. Goerges)

Career

Posted 60-21 record in 2017, finishing at No.3 for 10th consecutive Top 20 season and seventh Top 10 finish of career,

including six in a row (2009-14) and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in 2010-11

Season highlight in 2017 was winning biggest title of career to that point at 2017 WTA Finals Singapore (d. V.Williams

in F). By winning in Singapore, passed $25 million in career prize money

Also defended title at Tokyo PPO (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and reached a further six finals in 2017, finishing as R-Up at

Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) in back‐to‐back weeks, and then Miami (l. Konta), Eastbourne (l.

Ka.Pliskova), Bastad (l. Siniakova) and Toronto (l. Svitolina)

Scored three wins over No.1-ranked players in 2017, against Ka.Pliskova (Toronto), Muguruza (Tokyo [PPO]) and Halep

(Singapore). Had never previously secured victory over the top-ranked player in her career; lifetime record now stands

at 4-6 vs. No.1 players (also beat Halep at 2018 Australian Open)

Scored more wins over Top 10 players in 2017 (14-6 record) than any other player

Owns 29 career singles titles – fourth most titles among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova)

and has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 and 2011

Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever title won by a Danish woman

Denmark’s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics

Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top 50 on January 28, 2008

Debuted in Top 10 on May 18, 2009

Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on January 29, 2018

after Australian Open title for a further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks

Qualified for WTA Finals five times (2009-11, 2014, 2017)

Winner of two WTA doubles titles – 2008 Beijing (w/Medina Garrigues) and 2009 Memphis (w/Azarenka)

Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at 2005 Cincinnati

Grand Slam History Captured her first Grand Slam title and the World No.1 ranking at 2018 Australian Open (d. Halep in three sets) –

becoming just the fourth player all-time (also, Navratilova, Ivanovic and Azarenka) to simultaneously win her maiden

major title and ascend to No.1

Saved 2mp (in 2r vs. Fett) en route to the 2018 Australian Open title – one of five women to do so in Melbourne

Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, losing the title match at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l.

S.Williams). Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon

Made Grand Slam debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors until streak

was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury)

At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 and has

reached R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, including 2017

In juniors, won girls’ singles title at 2006 Wimbledon and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open

Other Information

Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs

Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the

program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to

provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight

USANA Ambassadors on the WTA

Announced engagement to former NBA player David Lee in November 2017, the ex-New York Knicks forward

proposing on holiday in Bora Bora

Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki


MATCH NOTES

MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6)

Head to Head: MARIA SHARAPOVA leads 4-1

2018 CLAY I R1 CAROLINE GARCIA 164 mins3-6 7-6(6) 6-4 STUTTGART

2015 CLAY O R16 MARIA SHARAPOVA 154 mins6-2 4-6 7-5 MADRID

2015 HARD O SF CAROLINE GARCIA W/O ACAPULCO

2014 HARD O R1 MARIA SHARAPOVA 64 mins6-3 6-0 BRISBANE

2013 HARD O R2 MARIA SHARAPOVA 77 mins6-3 6-2 DOHA

2011 CLAY O R2 MARIA SHARAPOVA 120 mins3-6 6-4 6-0 ROLAND GARROS

MARIA SHARAPOVA

22

23

19-04-1987 (31)

$1,017,633

$38,047,109

0 / 36

0 / 3

17-9 / 593-155

5-6 / 162-59

2-3 / 72-62

CAROLINE GARCIA

6

16

16-10-1993 (24)

$1,218,234

$8,599,455

0 / 5

0 / 6

5-4

25-14 / 173-135

9-3 / 57-48

4-6 / 47-40

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






11-5

10-7 / 103-85 7-4 / 353-98

2-1 / 53-15 4-2 / 16-13

2-3 / 96-65 2-4 / 15-33

5-5 / 170-98 3-8 / 29-57





MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22)

R32: d. [12] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) 6-0,6-2 (1h16)

R64: d. SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #229) 6-1,6-2 (1h20)


vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6)

R32: d. MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #29) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h03)

R64: BYE

Total games: 29

Won/lost: 24-5

Sets won/lost: 4-0





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SHARAPOVA:

Montréal

Making seventh Rogers Cup appearance and first since 2014

Former runner-up, reaching the final in 2009 (l. Dementieva)

Withdrew from last year’s tournament w/left forearm injury

Eased past qualifier Karatantcheva in 1r on Tuesday. Now owns 2-2 record against qualifiers in 2018: d. Hogenkamp (Roland Garros), l. Niculescu (Doha), l. Diatchenko (Wimbledon)

Notched fifth Top 20 win of 2018 after sweeping aside No.12 Kasatkina in 2r; other wins coming against No.15 Sevastova (Australian Open), No.18 Barty and No.6 Ostapenko (both Rome) and No.6 Ka.Pliskova (Roland Garros)

Since returning to tour in 2017, record against fellow Russians stands at 3-1: d. Makarova at 2017 Stuttgart and 2017 Beijing and l. Diatchenko at 2018 Wimbledon

Owns 353-98 (.783) career win-loss record on hard courts – only S.Williams (483-78 – .861) owns a better

winning percentage among active players

Faces off against No.6 Garcia today for the sixth time in their careers. Lost their most recent encounter at

Stuttgart this year, having come within two points of victory in the second set

Approaching career win milestone No.600, currently sitting at No.593

Owns a 96-65 edge over Top 10 opponents and holds an impressive 36-9 mark over French players

Begins 2018 Montréal ranked No.22, up from No.149 at this time last year


MATCH NOTES

MARIA SHARAPOVA

2014

L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) R16 6-2 4-6 6-2

2011

L - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #135) R16 6-3 7-5

2009

L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #5) F 6-4 6-3

2008

L - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #33) R16 W/O

2004

L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #14) R16 4-6 6-4 6-4

2003

L - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #36) R1 7-6(4) 6-1

CAROLINE GARCIA

2017


2016

R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #22) 2-6 6-3 6-3

2015

R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #23) 7-6(4) 6-2

2014

R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-4 6-1

2013

R2-Q L - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #68) 6-1 6-3


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"-Q" Qualifying matchMONTREAL Tournament History

Season

Fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Diatchenko) – only the fourth time she has fallen at the opening hurdle in 53 major appearances

Ended strong clay court season by reaching QF at Roland Garros (l. Muguruza). In Paris, victory over No.6 Ka.Pliskova in 3r marked 22nd win on clay over a Top 10 ranked player – the most among active players

Made SF run at Rome (l. World No.1 Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. eventual R-Up Bertens in 3s)

Victory in 1r over Buzarnescu at Madrid was first since Australian Open, ending a four-match losing streak – began with 3r loss to Kerber in Melbourne, following by 1r exits at Doha (l. Niculescu), Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and Stuttgart (l. Garcia in 3s)

Loss to World No.1 Halep at Rome took lifetime record vs. No.1s to 7-17, most recently defeating Azarenka at 2012 WTA Finals; also owns two wins vs. No.1s at Slams – Mauresmo (2006 US Open) and Henin (2008 Australian Open)

Withdrew from Dubai and Miami, both due to right forearm injury

Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (d. No.14 seed Sevastova in 2r, l. Kerber)

Began season by reaching SF at Shenzhen (l. eventual R-Up Siniakova)

Career

Finished 2017 season at No.60, having played at Stuttgart in April unranked; advanced to SF (l. Mladenovic) and played next event, Madrid, back on WTA Rankings at No.258

Won 36th career WTA singles title at 2017 Tianjin in October (d. Sabalenka in F)

In sole Grand Slam appearance of 2017, reached R16 at US Open as a wildcard, falling to Sevastova (upset No.2 Halep in 1r for first win over a Top 10 opponent since d. No.6 Kvitova in 2015 Fed Cup final)

In 2016, only competed in Australian Open, falling to S.Williams in QF following her withdrawal from Brisbane (as defending champion) in opening week of that season w/left forearm injury

Ended 2015 at No.4 on WTA Rankings for her fifth consecutive Top 5 finish, and ninth overall

Won two WTA titles in 2015 season, at Brisbane (d. Ivanovic in F) and Rome (d. Suárez Navarro in F) – won at least one title each year between 2003 and 2015 (13 straight years). Owns 36 WTA titles overall (36-23 record in finals), third most among active players, behind S.Williams and V.Williams

Owns 11 tour-level titles on clay, at one point going 7-0 in clay court finals

As defending champion, fell in R16 at 2015 Roland Garros (l. eventual runner-up Safarova); advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams)

In 2015, appeared at season-ending WTA Finals for eighth time – posted perfect 3-0 record in RR stage (l. Kvitova in SF). Was champion on debut appearance at the season finale in Los Angeles in 2004 (d. S.Williams in F)

Part of Russian Fed Cup team that finished runners-up to Czech Republic in November 2015, despite winning both rubbers vs. Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova

Absent from singles (played one doubles match, at 2009 Indian Wells w/Vesnina) from August 2008 to May 2009 (Warsaw) following right shoulder surgery (October 15, 2008)

On August 22, 2005, became 16th woman (first Russian) to reach No.1; held No.1 ranking for a total of 21 non-consecutive weeks (including four weeks in 2012)

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 53rd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam – the ninth-most among active players

Five-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2004 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F), 2008 Australian Open (d. Ivanovic in F), 2012 Roland Garros (d. Errani in F to complete career Grand Slam) and 2014 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F)

Remains the last teenager to win a Grand Slam title, aged 19 years, 132 days at the 2006 US Open (d. Henin in F)

One of six women to achieve career Grand Slam in the Open Era (also Court, Evert, Navratilova, Graf and S.Williams)

Owns a 5-5 record in Grand Slam finals, finishing as runner-up three times at the Australian Open (2007, 2012, 2015) as well as 2011 Wimbledon and 2013 Roland Garros

Other Information

Autobiography, Unstoppable: My Life So Far, was released in September 2017

Started playing at age 4; at age 6 took part in Moscow exhibition that featured Martina Navratilova

Began training at Bollettieri Academy aged 9 (required two years away from mother due to visa and finances)

Among her business interests is a Brand Ambassador for Porsche and Evian; has a premium candy line, Sugarpova; has a skincare range called Supergoop!

Has a strong following on social media (in 2014 became first tennis player to pass 15 million fans on Facebook)

Currently coached by Thomas Hogstedt since March 2018. The pair last worked together from 2010 to 2013, during which Sharapova completed her Career Grand slam by winning 2012 Roland Garros

GARCIA:

Montréal

• Making fifth Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall). Best result was last year’s QF run (l. Halep)



• Following 1r bye, began 2018 campaign with 3s victory over No.29 Rybarikova

• Squares off against Sharapova in today’s R16 match-up; currently owns a three-match winning streak against Russian

opponents this year – Blinkova (Doha), Makarova (Dubai) and Sharapova (Stuttgart)

• A win today would propel the Frenchwoman into her seventh QF of the season

• Since 2017 Wuhan, Garcia has produced consistent form at Premier 5 tournaments and above – 2017 Wuhan

(Champion), 2017 Beijing (Champion), 2018 Doha (QF), Madrid (SF) and Rome (QF)

• Posted 5-3 record during 2017 North American hardcourt season, in addition to Rogers Cup run reaching 3r at US

Open (l. Kvitova) and falling 1r at Cincinnati (l. Vesnina)

• One of three French players in starting field (also Cornet and Mladenovic). Mauresmo was the last Frenchwoman to

win title here in 2004

Season



• Enjoyed a R16 result at Roland Garros (l. Kerber) improving her career win total in Paris to 10 – her most wins of any

Slam


• Reached SF at Madrid (l. Bertens). Also enjoyed a SF run at Stuttgart, her best result at the indoor clay event to date (l.

Vandeweghe)

• At Stuttgart, defeated No.41 Sharapova in 1r, 15-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in 2r, and No.4 Svitolina in QF for

first Top 5 win of season







Career

• Enjoyed break-out year in 2017, ending season at then-career high No.8, winning her first titles at Premier 5 and

Premier-Mandatory level, and qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore

• Lifted two titles in 2017, winning Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back to improve record in WTA singles finals to 5-2. Title

runs saw her win 11 matches in a row. This was her joint-best win streak of career – also won 11 straight matches in

2014, winning title at Bogotá (5 wins), going 2-0 in Fed Cup action vs. USA, then reaching the QF at Madrid (4 wins)


• Wuhan marked first Premier 5 title of career, subsequently bettered by Beijing being first Premier Mandatory title of

career. Saved 1 match point in QF win vs. Svitolina en route to Beijing title

• Became third player to reach back‐to‐back finals in Wuhan and Beijing. The previous two were Kvitova in 2014 (Wuhan

WON, Beijing R‐Up) and Muguruza in 2015 (Wuhan R‐Up, Beijing WON)

• Qualified for 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore, reaching SF (l. V.Williams). Was first French woman through to contest the

season-ending event in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F)






• Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to 2016 final vs. Czech Republic – went 2‐0 in singles, posting wins

over Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova, although the Czechs won the tie, 3‐2

• Ended 2016 season with runner‐up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges, France (l. Alexandrova in F), where she

was the defending champion

• In addition to winning 2016 Roland Garros, team of Garcia/Mladenovic also reached title match at 2016 US Open (l.

Mattek‐Sands/Safarova) among eight finals reached in 2016 – won at Charleston, Stuttgart and Madrid as well as

Roland Garros. Garcia is now 6‐10 in tour‐level doubles finals. Garcia/Mladenovic qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in

Singapore – advanced to semifinals (l. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova); duly finished season co‐ranked No.2, a new

career‐high for both players

• Owns 15 wins over Top 10 players in career: No.9 Jankovic (2014 Bogotá), No.8 Kerber (2014 Madrid), No.6

A.Radwanska (2014 Wuhan), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Monterrey), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Indian Wells), No.6 Ivanovic (2015

Stuttgart), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Fed Cup final), No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Wuhan), No.3

Svitolina and No.2 Halep (both 2017 Beijing), No.4 Svitolina and No.6 Wozniacki (both 2017 WTA Finals), No.4 Svitolina

(2018 Stuttgart) and No.10 Stephens (2018 Rome)

• Won maiden singles title at 2014 Bogotá (d. Jankovic in F) and won the doubles (w/Arruabarrena), becoming first

player to win singles and doubles at same event since S.Williams at 2012 Olympics




Grand Slam History



• At Wimbledon, best result is R16 in 2017 (l. Konta) and also reached same stage at 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and

2018 Roland Garros (l. Kerber)




Other Information





MATCH NOTES

KIKI BERTENS (NED #18) vs. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 2-0

2018 CLAY O F PETRA KVITOVA 172 mins7-6(6) 4-6 6-3 MADRID

2015 GRASS O R1 PETRA KVITOVA 36 mins6-1 6-0 WIMBLEDON

KIKI BERTENS

18

14

10-12-1991 (26)

$1,731,171

$5,089,607

1 / 5

1 / 10

26-15 / 134-125

7-7 / 35-42

6-11 / 29-34

PETRA KVITOVA

8

4

08-03-1990 (28)

$2,762,495

$26,803,313

5 / 25

0 / 0

14-8

39-8 / 390-180

14-3 / 117-74

6-7 / 77-57

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






4-3

18-4 / 255-122 6-7 / 44-76

1-3 / 12-8 3-2 / 44-14

5-5 / 8-18 7-1 / 52-47

8-7 / 16-33 14-2 / 98-78





KIKI BERTENS (NED #18)

R32: d. [9] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #9) 6-2,6-2 (1h24)

R64: d. CAROL ZHAO (CAN #137) 6-1,6-2 (0h55)


vs. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8)

R32: d. ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #30) 6-3,6-4 (1h28)

R64: BYE

Total games: 31

Won/lost: 24-7

Sets won/lost: 4-0





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BERTENS:

Montréal

Making fourth appearance at Rogers Cup, where she is through to R16 for the first time

Eased past WC Zhao in 1r before upsetting No.9 Ka.Pliskova for the second time in as many tournaments (also

R16 at Wimbledon)

Now owns five Top 10 wins this season, having previously beaten No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia (both at

Madrid) and No.9 V.Williams and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (both at Wimbledon)

Faces No.8 Kvitova today; lost to the Czech in her biggest career final, on clay in Madrid this spring

Season

Reached QF for first time at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams and Ka.Pliskova, l. Goerges)

Entered Wimbledon after 2r exits at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. Buzarnescu in 3s) and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l.

Flipkens). Also R-Up in doubles at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Flipkens, l. Mertens/Schuurs)

Reached 3r at Roland Garros (l. Kerber), improving her record in Paris to 11-7, her best Grand Slam win-loss

record


MATCH NOTES

KIKI BERTENS

2014

L - KLARA KOUKALOVA (CZE #35) R1 7-5 7-6(5)

2013

L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #13) R2 7-5 3-6 6-2

2012

L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) R2 7-5 6-1

PETRA KVITOVA

2017

R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #934) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2

2016

R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #11) 7-6(2) 6-3

2015


2014

R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #19) 6-4 1-6 6-2

2013

QF L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 4-6 7-5 6-2

2012

F W - NA LI (CHN #11) 7-5 2-6 6-3

2011

R16 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #10) 6-1 6-2

2010

R1 L - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #19) 6-7(1) 7-5 6-3

2009

R2-Q L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #58) 6-1 6-0

2008

R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #1) 6-3 4-6 6-3


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Made QF run at Nürnberg (as defending champion, l. Flipkens) after suffering 1r exit at Rome (l. Sakkari)

Advanced to first Premier Mandatory Final at Madrid (l. Kvitova in F); now owns career 5-2 record in WTA finals

(all having been on clay) with other titles coming at 2012 Fès, 2016 Nürnberg, 2017 Nürnberg and 2017 Gstaad

Previous best Premier Mandatory showing was QF run at Madrid in 2017 (l. Sevastova)

Defeated No.17 Sevastova, No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia en route to Madrid final

Win over Wozniacki at Madrid was the best win-by-rank of her career. Only other Top 5 victory came against

then-No.3 Kerber at 2016 Roland Garros

Rose to career-high ranking of No.15 following Madrid

Made 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova)

Won biggest title of career to date – her first at Premier level – on green clay of Charleston (d. Goerges in F)

Posted 3r showing at Miami (l. V.Williams after holding 3mp). After 1r bye, beat Lepchenko in 2r to end

four-match losing streak

Fell 2r at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. S.Williams in the American’s first competitive comeback following

pregnancy)

Made 1r exit at Dubai (l. Wang). Forced to withdraw from Doha the week prior w/illness

Suffered 1r exit at St Petersburg (l. Zvonareva via ret. w/illness)

Advanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), for best result of career so far in

Melbourne

Entered Australian Open following a 2r exit at Sydney (l. No.3 Muguruza)

In opening tournament of season fell 1r at Brisbane (l. Konjuh in straight sets); however, teamed up with

compatriot Schuurs to win 10th career doubles title (d. Klepac/ Martínez Sánchez in F)

Career

Ended 2017 at No.31, down from career-best year-end finish of No.22 in 2016

Season highlights in 2017 was winning titles at Nürnberg (as defending champion, d. Krejcikova in F) and

Gstaad (d. Kontaveit in F, having finished R-Up there in 2016)

Was one of nine players to win at least two titles in 2017, along with Konta (Sydney, Miami), Muguruza

(Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ostapenko (Roland Garros, Seoul), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat), Ka.Pliskova

(Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Siniakova (Shenzhen, Bastad), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome,

Toronto) and Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO], WTA Finals)

Posted strong SF run at 2017 Rome (l. eventual R-Up Halep) and reached QF at Madrid (l. Sevastova), which

marked first QF at Premier Mandatory level. As a result, posted a then career-high singles ranking of No.18

(May 29, 2017)

Added four WTA doubles titles to her haul in 2017: Auckland, Gstaad, Seoul and Linz (all w/Larsson)

Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached on April 16, 2018)

Qualified for her first WTA Finals in Singapore in 2017 (w/Larsson), advancing to the final (l. Babos/Sestini

Hlavackova), defeating defending champions Makarova/Vesnina en route

Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump in the rankings from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in

2015

Reached third WTA singles final at 2016 Gstaad (as qualifier, l. Golubic, d. No.17 Bacsinszky en route)

In 2016, qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy and went 0-2 in singles – falling to Svitolina and Vesnina

Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani)

Made a clean sweep of titles at 2016 Nürnberg, claiming the singles (as qualifier, d. Duque-Mariño) and

doubles (w/Larsson, d. Aoyama/Voracova). The last qualifier to win a singles title prior to this was Vandeweghe

at 2014 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Of her seven career Top 10 wins, all except two have come on clay: No.9 V.Williams and No.8 Ka.Pliskova (2018

Wimbledon), No.2 Wozniacki and No.7 Garcia (both 2018 Madrid), No.3 Kerber and No.9 Bacsinszky (both

2016 Roland Garros) and No.7 Vinci (2016 Nürnberg)

Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a qualifier (d. Pous-Tio in F) in just her second main draw

appearance

Owns 10 doubles titles: Hobart and Bastad in 2015, Nürnberg, Linz and Luxembourg in 2016, Auckland,

Gstaad, Seoul, Linz (all w/Larsson) in 2017 and Brisbane (w/Schuurs) in 2018

Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r)

Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Netherlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11

doubles titles at this level

Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017

Grand Slam History

Best result across the Slams came with SF run at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Williams)

With that result in Paris, became the first Dutch woman to reach SF at Roland Garros since Marijke Schaar in

1971 (l. SF), and at any Slam since Betty Stove at 1977 US Open (l. SF)

Made QF at 2018 Wimbledon (l. Goerges)

Achieved best result at Australian Open in 2018, advancing to 3r (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

Reached 2r at US Open twice, on main draw debut in 2012 (l. Puchkova) and in 2015 (l. S.Williams)

Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, at 2015 Australian Open (w/Larsson, l.

Goerges/Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic)

Other Information

Coached by former ATP player Raemon Sluiter, although during title run at 2018 Charleston worked with

former WTA player Elise Tamaela

Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy

Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was Kim Clijsters

KVITOVA:

Montréal

Making 10th main draw appearance at Rogers Cup (11th overall); former champion, winning in 2012 (d. Li in F)

Also reached QF in 2013 (l. Cirstea) and R16 on three other occasions, most recently 2016 (l. Kuznetsova)

After 1r bye, saw off No.30 Kontaveit in 2r to draw level with Kerber on a tour-leading 39 wins

Faces No.18 Bertens today. Owns 16 Top 20 wins in 2018 – the same number she registered in the previous two

seasons combined

One of nine Grand Slam champions in the starting field, along with Azarenka, Halep, Kerber, Ostapenko,

Sharapova, Stephens, V.Williams and Wozniacki

Contested five tournaments during 2017 North American hard court season, highlighted by QF showings at US

Open (l. V.Williams) and Stanford (l. Bellis)

Holds a tour-leading five WTA singles titles in 2018 – St. Petersburg (hard), Doha (hard), Prague (clay), Madrid (clay)

and Birmingham (grass)

Sits No.4 on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard, behind Halep, Kerber and Wozniacki (as of August 6,

2018)

Season

Suffered 1r exit a Wimbledon (l. Sasnovich)

Won 25th career WTA singles title at Birmingham as the defending champion (d. Rybarikova in F) and gave

walkover to A.Radwanska in R16 at Eastbourne (right hamstring injury)

With Birmingham triumph became the first player to win a title on all three surfaces in a season since S.Williams

in 2015 (Australian Open, Miami and Cincinnati (hard), Roland Garros (clay) and Wimbledon (grass)

Hit 50 career WTA main draw wins on grass with title run at Birmingham, including four titles on the surface at

2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, and 2017 and 2018 Birmingham

Has now successfully defended a title twice in her career – also at New Haven in 2014-15

Is fifth among active players for titles won:

PLAYER TOUR-LEVEL TITLES 1) Serena Williams 72 2) Venus Williams 49 3) Maria Sharapova 36 4) Caroline Wozniacki 29 5) Petra Kvitova 25 =6) Victoria Azarenka 20 =6) Agnieszka Radwanska 20

Made 3r showing at Roland Garros (l. Kontaveit in two tie-breaks)

Captured back-to-back titles at Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F) and Madrid (d. Bertens in F)

Enjoyed a 13-match winning streak between Madrid (6), Prague (5) and Roland Garros (2), marking her

second-best win streak of her career:

NO. OF WINS DATE TOURNAMENTS 14 2011-12 Linz (5), WTA Finals (5), Fed Cup (2), Sydney (2) 14 2018 St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6), Indian Wells (1) 13 2018 Prague (5), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (2) 11 2011 Fed Cup (2), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (3) 10 2014 Eastbourne (2), Wimbledon (7), Montréal (1) 9 2011 Brisbane (5), Australian Open (4)

Highlighted indicates streak from this season

Holds the most titles on tour in 2018 (5), having also lifted trophies this season at St Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in

F) and Doha (d. Muguruza in F)

Is first player to win the Madrid title three times. Defeat of No.6 Ka.Pliskova in Madrid SF was seventh Top 10 win

in 2018 (7-1 record), having also defeated No.6 Ostapenko and No.10 Mladenovic (both at St. Petersburg), No.3

Svitolina, No.10 Goerges, No.1 Wozniacki and No.3 Muguruza (all at Doha)

Withdrew from Rome after Madrid w/right thigh injury

Fell to Kerber in 1r at Stuttgart after going 2-0 in singles play against Germany (d. No.11 Goerges and No.12

Kerber) to lead the Czech Republic into November’s Fed Cup Final against the USA

Fell in 2r of Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Kr.Pliskova) following R16 run at Miami (as No.9 seed, l. eventual R-Up

Ostapenko) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Anisimova)

Lifted the title at Doha (d. Muguruza in F). Holds seventh best record among active players for hard court titles

won with 17

Defeated No.1 Wozniacki in SF at Doha – record vs. reigning No.1s now stands at 5-4. Other wins came over Safina

(2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid – ending the American’s 27-match winning

streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan)

Won back-to-back titles at St Petersburg and Doha for the first time since winning Linz and WTA Finals in 2011

Returned to Top 10 after Doha at No.9 (last appeared in Top 10 week of June 27, 2016)

Steered Czech Republic to Fed Cup semifinals for 10th year in a row, posting wins against Switzerland’s Bencic and

Golubic in Prague

Won title at St Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F); with 64-27 record, leads active players for indoor hard court wins

Has won at least one title every year since 2011

Made 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Petkovic in 2hrs 52mins)

Opened 2018 season with 2r showing at Sydney (l. Giorgi) after withdrawing from Brisbane w/viral illness

Career

Finished 2017 ranked No.29, down from No.11 in 2016

Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech

Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand

Won title at 2017 Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l.

eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams)

Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes

Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F).

Also finished R-Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F)

Member of Czech Republic team that successfully defended Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia,

d. Mladenovic, then teamed w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic

have won the Cup in five times since 2011

Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal

play-off)

2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F)

and New Haven (d. Safarova in F). New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has

won any tournament title three times

Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which

she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F)

At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months)

Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

Grand Slam History


Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F)

Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros,

Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros, Stephens at 2017 US Open, Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open and Simona

Halep at 2018 Roland Garros)

Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results include two SF showings, at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova)

and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US

Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva)

Other Information

A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport

Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016

US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016

Fitness trainer is David Vydra


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ROGERS CUP – SECOND ROUND (WEDNESDAY)

Central [4] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34)

Kerber leads 3-1 Cornet won only hard court clash between the two, at 2017 Beijing… Kerber leads the WTA for hard

court wins, with 21… Cornet last Top 5 win came in January 2017

[12] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) First meeting

Sharapova looking for fifth Top 20 win of the season… Kasatkina has won past four matches against fellow Russians… Winner faces No.6 seed Garcia in third round

[WC] FRANÇOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3) First meeting

Abanda playing Top 10 opponent for first time… Stephens reached Rogers Cup SF last year… Abanda’s win over Flipkens on Tuesday was only her second in five Rogers Cup appearances

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) Halep leads 7-0

Halep has dropped just two sets across seven previous encounters with Pavlyuchenkova… Pavlyuchenkova owns one win over a reigning World No.1… Both players upset by Hsieh at Wimbledon

ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #39) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2) Wozniacki leads 1-0

Wozniacki won only previous meeting, in this year’s Eastbourne final… Sabalenka aiming for second Top 10 win… Wozniacki one of four former Rogers Cup champions in the draw

Banque Nationale [WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #95) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43)

Series tied 1-1 Azarenka triumphed when they last met, en route to 2016 Miami title… Konta upset No.11 seed

Ostapenko in previous round… Azarenka a three-time Rogers Cup semifinalist WTA TV – LIVE ACTION FROM MONTRÉAL Every main draw match from Montréal is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch the action at home or on the go. You won’t want to miss a minute of this year’s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? On WTA TV, you can watch up to four matches simultaneously via the multibox.


MATCH NOTES

[4] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34)

Head to Head: ANGELIQUE KERBER leads 3-1

2017 HARD O R2 ALIZÉ CORNET 91 mins6-4 6-4 BEIJING

2015 CLAY O R1 ANGELIQUE KERBER 70 mins6-2 6-3 ROME

2014 GRASS O R16 ANGELIQUE KERBER 147 mins7-5 1-6 7-6(3) EASTBOURNE

2013 CLAY O R2 ANGELIQUE KERBER 94 mins6-4 6-2 MADRID

ANGELIQUE KERBER

4

2

18-01-1988 (30)

$5,067,147

$26,537,626

2 / 12

0 / 0

39-12 / 392-218

9-5 / 109-84

8-5 / 76-52

ALIZÉ CORNET

34

37

22-01-1990 (28)

$498,936

$6,384,415

1 / 6

0 / 3

6-6

19-16 / 275-264

4-5 / 94-88

5-1 / 56-55

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREÁL W-L (MD) *






8-7

8-8 / 161-154 21-5 / 253-138

3-1 / 32-19 1-1 / 21-16

5-8 / 36-57 2-3 / 16-47

12-10 / 84-107 3-4 / 35-96





[4] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #4)

R64: BYE


vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34)

R64: d. TATJANA MARIA (GER #81) 4-6,6-1,6-3 (2h26)


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KERBER:

Montréal

• Making eighth main draw appearance at the Rogers Cup (ninth overall). Best result here came from a SF run in

2016 (l. eventual champion Halep)

• Playing in first tournament since winning the Wimbledon title, her third career Grand Slam singles title

• Is 1-2 in WTA tournaments directly following her previous Grand Slam titles losing in 2r of Doha (after 1r bye, l.

S.Zheng) following 2016 Australian Open and in R16 of Wuhan (d. Mladenovic, l. Kvitova) following 2016 US Open

• Kerber enters 2018 Montréal leading the tour in wins (39) and hardcourt wins (21)

• Return game statistics have improved markedly on 2017 performance: has won 46% of return games this season,

compared with 31.8% in 2017. Halep (50.2%) is the only player to have posted a higher percentage in 2018

• Has reached at least the QF stage in all six of her previous hard court tournament appearances this season,

including a title in Sydney and SF runs at Australian Open and Dubai

• Playing in North America for the third time this year (6-2 record from Miami and Indian Wells). Has played well in

the Americas over the past three seasons, posting a 37-13 record since the 2016 season including a title at the

2016 US Open and R-Up results at 2017 Monterrey and 2016 Cincinnati

• Enjoyed a bye through the 1r – owns 4-0 record in matches directly following a bye this season. Last loss in such a

match came at 2017 Cincinnati (l. Makarova)


MATCH NOTES

ANGELIQUE KERBER

2017

L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #934) R16 6-2 6-2

2016

L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) SF 6-0 3-6 6-2

2015

L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) R16 6-3 5-7 6-4

2014

L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #26) R16 6-3 3-6 6-4

2013

L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #20) R2 6-7(0) 6-2 7-5

2012

L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #28) R16 6-2 7-6(7)

2010

L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #32) R1 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4

2007

L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #126) R1-Q 1-6 6-0 6-0

ALIZÉ CORNET

2017

R1 L - ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #19) 6-0 6-1

2016

R1 L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #41) 7-6(1) 6-3

2015

R16 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #14) 6-2 4-6 6-4

2014

R2 L - VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #11) 6-4 2-6 6-4

2013

R16 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #6) 7-5 7-6(3)

2010

R16-Q

L - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #124) 6-4 7-5

2009

R1 L - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #39) 6-4 7-5


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• Faces No.34 Cornet in 2r today. Boasts a 22-2 record against opponents outside the Top 30 this season, including

a perfect 11-0 record on hard court against such opponents – only losses came to No.61 Riske at Mallorca and

No.31 Kontaveit at Stuttgart

• One of three Germans in the main draw this week, along with Goerges and Maria

Season

• Coming off her third career Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in F), becoming the first German

to win at the All England Club since Graff in 1996

• Hit only five unforced errors and broke her opponent four times in seven return games (57.1 percent) in a clinical

performance during the Wimbledon final, needing only 67 minutes to defeat S.Williams for the second time in her

career during a Grand Slam final (also 2016 US Open)

• SF run at Eastbourne (l. eventual champion Wozniacki having held match point). Returned to Top 10 following

Eastbourne result – at No.10

• Made 1r exit at Mallorca in a darkness delayed match (l. Riske)

• Finished clay season with an 8-5 record, improving from her three clay wins in 2017

• Matched her career-best result at Roland Garros by reaching QF (l. eventual champion Halep)

• Enjoyed a QF run at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina) – her first QF on clay since winning 2016 Stuttgart

• Withdrew from Madrid due to a right thigh injury

• Made R16 at Stuttgart (d. No.10 Kvitova, l. Kontaveit via ret. w/right thigh injury)

• Lost to Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova during Germany’s Fed Cup semifinal defeat to Czech Republic

• Enjoyed a pair of QF runs in the ‘Sunshine Double’, at Miami (l. eventual champion Stephens) and Indian Wells (l.

eventual R-Up Kasatkina)

• Made SF run at Dubai (l. eventual champion Svitolina) – her 50th career tour-level SF. Defeated No.5 Ka.Pliskova

for second Top 5 win in 2018 (also No.5 V.Williams en route to Sydney title)

• Reached QF at Doha (l. Wozniacki in 3s)

• Advanced to SF at Australian Open (l. Halep in 3s, having held two match points); was first Grand Slam SF since

title run at 2016 US Open. No.21 seeding at Australian Open was lowest seed at a Slam since 2012 Australian

Open (No.30)

• Ended 27-tournament title drought (dating back to 2016 US Open) by winning at Sydney (d. Barty in F). Posted

wins over No.31 Safarova (saved 2mp), No.5 V.Williams and No.25 Cibulkova en route. Career record in tour-level

finals now stands at 12 -16

• Represented Germany at Hopman Cup w/Zverev (R-up to Switzerland, d. Bencic in singles rubber)

Career

• Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.21 – sixth consecutive Top 25 season. Best results of season were R-up finish at

Monterrey and SFs at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Pavlyuchenkova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina)

• Enjoyed an outstanding 2016 season, winning first Grand Slam titles of career at Australian Open (d. S.Williams in

F) and US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), finishing R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F) and rising to World No.1 in the

WTA rankings

• Courtesy of her results in 2016, doubled her career prize money during season, passing $19 million mark; passed

$20 million at 2017 Roland Garros, becoming 15th player to do so

• After 2016 US Open, aged 28, became oldest player to make her debut at World No.1, a record previously held by

Jennifer Capriati, who was 25 years, 200 days when she reached No.1 in October 2001

• Secured the 2016 year-end World No.1 ranking – only the 12th WTA player to achieve the feat and second German

woman to do so after Graf (eight times)

• Was voted WTA Player of the Year in 2016 by international media and fans; also, ITF World Champion

• 2016 marked fifth successive Top 10 season finish. Was the WTA match win leader in 2016, going 63-18

• Posted the most wins against Top 10 opponents in 2016, going 12-3, including defeats of No.8 Cibulkova, No.4

Halep, No.7 Keys and No.3 A.Radwanska in Singapore, as well as No.1 S.Williams (Australian Open), No.6 Halep

(Fed Cup), No.7 Kvitova (Stuttgart), No.5 Halep and No.8 V.Williams (Wimbledon), No.10 Keys (Rio Olympics), No.4

Halep (Cincinnati) and No.8 Vinci (US Open)

• Reached a career-best total of eight finals across the 2016 season (most finals of any player); as well as winning

first two majors, successfully defended title on home soil at Stuttgart (d. Siegemund in F)

• 2016 Stuttgart marked first time she had successfully defended a title in her career; the first German (and seventh

player overall) to do so in Stuttgart

• Made fourth appearance at WTA Finals in 2016, progressing past round-robin for first time (l. Cibulkova in F); first

German to reach final at the season-ending championships since Graf won title in 1996

• Other runner-up finishes in 2016 came at Brisbane (l. Azarenka in F), Wimbledon (l. S.Williams in F), Rio Olympics

(l. Puig, won silver medal)

• Reached first WTA final of career at 2010 Bogotá and won first title at 2012 Paris [Indoors]. Has won titles on all

surfaces: hardcourt, grass and clay (red and green)

• Made first WTA appearance in qualifying at 2003 Berlin

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Wimbledon marked 43rd Grand Slam main draw appearance. Is a three-time Grand Slam champion, winning

2016 Australian Open (d. S.Williams in F), 2016 US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and 2018 Wimbledon (d. S.Williams in

F)

• At 2016 Australian Open, became first German to win a Grand Slam singles title since Graf at 1999 Roland Garros

(d. Hingis in F). At the time was the fourth player to defeat S.Williams in a Grand Slam final (after V.Williams,

Sharapova and Stosur; since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros)

• Also became first Grand Slam champion to save match point en route to the title since Li at 2014 Australian Open

(Kerber saved a match point in 1r win over Doi) and was the first left-handed player to win a Grand Slam singles

title since Kvitova at 2014 Wimbledon

• Won second Grand Slam singles title at US Open (d. Ka.Pliskova in F) and rose to World No.1; was 22nd player to

hold WTA World No.1 ranking, and second German woman to achieve milestone since computer rankings were

introduced in 1975 (after Graf, who spent the last of her record 377 weeks at No.1 in March 1997)

• Became the first German since 1996 to win Wimbledon in 2018, her third career Grand Slam singles title (d.

S.Williams in F). Kerber hit only five unforced errors in the match to oust Williams in just 67 minutes. The win

moved Kerber to No.4 in the WTA Rankings, moving her back into the Top 5 after a near-11 month absence

• In 2016, also finished R-Up at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams). Is fourth player in Open Era to reach three Grand Slam

finals in the same year they reached their first, after Goolagong Cawley (1971), Graf (1987) and Hingis (1997)

• Roland Garros remains the only major where she has yet to reach the final. Best results are a pair of QF runs in

2012 (l. eventual R-Up Errani) and 2018 (l. eventual champion Halep)

Other Information

• Coached by Wim Fissette. Ended successful partnership with Torben Beltz during 2018 pre-season

• In January 2017 was named in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Europe (in the entertainment category), alongside the likes

of Gareth Bale and Luis Suárez

• Speaks three languages: German, Polish, and English

CORNET:

Montréal

• Making seventh main draw appearance at the Rogers Cup (eighth overall). Has reached R16 twice here previously,

in 2013 (l. Errani) and 2015 (l. A.Radwanska)

• Enters tournament ranked No.34, two spots behind her season high (No.32) set on May 14

• Came from behind to defeat No.81 Maria in 1r; trailed 4-6 2-1 before rain forced the match to be suspended until

Tuesday. Once play resumed, she won 10 of the final 13 games to secure meeting with Kerber

• Win improves hard court record in 2018 to 8-8

• Faces No.4 Kerber in 2r today. Looking for her first Top 5 win of the season – holds seven such wins throughout

her career, most recently over No.5 Cibulkova at 2017 Brisbane

• A win would give her multiple main draw wins for the fifth time this season – also Brisbane (QF), Australian Open

(3r), Charleston (QF) and Gstaad (Won)

• One of two Frenchwomen to reach 2r along with Garcia

Season

In post-Wimbledon clay court events, won sixth career title Gstaad (d. Minella in F), and fell 1r at Moscow [River Cup] (l.

Siegemund)

On grass, reached 2r at Birmingham (l. Svitolina) and fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Bondarenko) and Wimbledon (l.

Cibulkova)

Made a 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Parmentier). Fell 1r at Madrid (l. Svitolina) and withdrew from Rome w/right leg

injury

Began European clay court season with 2r showing at Lugano (l. Voegele) and qualifying exit at Stuttgart

Equaled her best result of 2018 by reaching QF in Charleston (l. eventual champion Bertens). Results in Charleston

included a Top 10 victory over No.7 Garcia in R16

Reached 2r at Miami (d. Mattek-Sands in 1r, l. Sevastova) after suffering consecutive 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Zhuk)

and Acapulco (l. Peterson)

Made 2r at St. Petersburg (l. Kasatkina) and Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova)

Posted 3r run at Australian Open (l. eventual semifinalist Mertens). Ended No.12 Goerges’ 15-match win streak in 2r at

Melbourne

Made 1r exit at Hobart (l. eventual R-Up Buzarnescu) after opening season with QF showing at Brisbane (l. eventual

R-Up Sasnovich)

Career

Ended 2017 at No.38, up from No.46 in 2016. Best year‐end ranking finish came at No.20 in 2014

Reached one final in 2017, at Brisbane (l. Ka.Pliskova). Other stand-out results last season included QF runs at

Monterrey (l. Suárez Navarro), Guangzhou (l. Wickmayer), Moscow (l. Vikhlyantseva) and Wuhan (l. Sakkari)

At 2017 Roland Garros made second visit to R16 (l. Garcia) at her home Slam (also 2015). Saved mp against Babos in

1r, before upsetting No.20 seed Strycova and No.10 A.Radwanska in 3r. Was one of three French women to reach R16

at 2017 Roland Garros (also Garcia and Mladenovic); this was most French women into the R16 at Roland Garros since

1994 (Pierce, Halard and Dechaume‐Balleret)

Member of 2016 French Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final vs. Czech Republic in 2016 (l. Strycova)

Did not play between 2016 Australian Open (l. Zhang in 2r) and 2016 Miami due to continuing back injury (bruised

vertebrae). Had announced in February she would be out for six months, however, recovery was quicker than

expected

Former World No.11 (achieved in February 2009) who broke back into Top 20 at end of 2014 for first time since May

2009; dropped out of Top 20 again after 2015 Dubai

Owns five wins over Top 3 ranked opponents: No.1 S.Williams (2014 Dubai, 2014 Wimbledon and 2014 Wuhan via

ret.), No.3 A.Radwanska (2014 Katowice) and No.2 Halep (2015 Madrid)

Wins over S.Williams made her the first player to defeat the American in three straight meetings since Henin in 2007

Qualified for 2013 and 2014 Tournament of Champions in Sofia, Bulgaria

Three‐time doubles champion: 2008 Budapest (w/Husarova), 2010 Strasbourg (w/King), 2015 Hong Kong

(w/Shvedova); owns a 3‐3 record in doubles finals

Member of French Fed Cup Team, 2008‐17; French Olympic Team, 2008, 2012, 2016

Made WTA debut at the age of 15 at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r

Grand Slam History

• Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as a 15‐year‐old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l.

Mauresmo)

• Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner‐up

Bouchard) and Roland Garros in 2015 (l. Svitolina) and 2017 (l. Garcia)

• Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007‐08, 2013‐14)

• Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque-Mariño in F)

• 2018 Wimbledon marked 47th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance – the longest streak among active

players. However, among active players also has the most Grand Slam appearances (50) without reaching a

quarterfinal

Other Information

• Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent)

• Currently without a coach


MATCH NOTES

[12] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22)


DARIA KASATKINA

12

7

07-05-1997 (21)

$2,304,622

$4,600,275

0 / 1

0 / 1

33-18 / 105-67

11-7 / 37-25

7-4 / 17-16

MARIA SHARAPOVA

22

23

19-04-1987 (31)

$1,017,633

$38,047,109

0 / 36

0 / 3

10-5

16-9 / 592-155

5-6 / 162-59

2-3 / 72-62

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






5-2

6-4 / 352-98 14-8 / 64-42

2-3 / 7-7 2-1 / 53-15

7-6 / 12-20 2-3 / 96-65

10-9 / 21-31 4-5 / 169-98





[12] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12)

R64: d. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #31) 6-4,4-6,6-1 (2h16)


vs. MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22)

R64: d. SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #229) 6-1,6-2 (1h20)


from

KASATKINA:

Montréal

Making third Rogers Cup appearance. Best result was QF run on debut in 2016 (l. Kerber)

During 2016 run, upset No.8 Vinci – at the time, her second career Top 10 win – and No.18 Stosur

Seeded at Rogers Cup for the first time this week

Saw off San Jose finalist Sakkari in 1r on Tuesday for her 33rd tour-level win of the season – by contrast, registered 32

in entire 2017 season

One of three Russians to reach 2r (also Pavlyuchenkova and today’s opponent Sharapova) from five in starting field

Has won past four meetings with fellow Russians, last tasting defeat against Makarova at 2017 Wuhan

Entering 2018 Montréal had the third-highest percentage points won on return this season (47.9%) – behind Halep

(50.3%) and Kerber (48.5%)

Season

Coming off 2r exit on home soil at Moscow [River Cup] (l. Zidansek)

Matched best Grand Slam showing with QF run at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber)

Has reached QF or better on eight occasions this year; by contrast, advanced to this stage or further five times across

2017 season

Prior to Wimbledon, played at Birmingham for first time (l. Tsurenko in 2r) before reaching QF at Eastbourne (l. Kerber

in third set tie-break)

Clay season culminated with career-best performance at a major, when she advanced to QF at Roland Garros (l.

eventual R-Up Stephens)


MATCH NOTES

DARIA KASATKINA

2017

L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) R2 7-6(4) 6-4

2016

L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) QF 6-2 6-2

MARIA SHARAPOVA

2014

R16 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #16) 6-2 4-6 6-2

2011

R16 L - GALINA VOSKOBOEVA (KAZ #135) 6-3 7-5

2009

F L - ELENA DEMENTIEVA (RUS #5) 6-4 6-3

2008

R16 L - AI SUGIYAMA (JPN #33) W/O

2004

R16 L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #14) 4-6 6-4 6-4

2003

R1 L - ELENA LIKHOVTSEVA (RUS #36) 7-6(4) 6-1


from


Earned her sixth win over a Top 2 player this season when she ousted Wozniacki at Roland Garros R16

Along with Sharapova, became the first Russian to reach the QF at Roland Garros since 2014 (Sharapova and

Kuznetsova)

Made 3r run at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina), which followed QF at Madrid (d. No.3 Muguruza, l. eventual

champion Kvitova)

Also made 1r exits in Prague (l. Paolini) and Stuttgart (l. Rybarikova)

Fell in QF as defending champion at Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Goerges)

Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Kenin in 3s)

Reached back-to-back finals at Dubai (l. Svitolina) and Premier Mandatory Indian Wells (l. Osaka). Is now 1-3 in WTA

singles finals, all coming at Premier-level or above

Notched her fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Top 20 wins of the season at Indian Wells – d. No.13 Stephens, No.2

Wozniacki, No.10 Kerber and No.8 V.Williams

Reached career-high ranking of No.11 following Indian Wells run (March 19, 2018)

Made Top 20 debut on February 26, 2018, at No.20

Retired in Doha 1r vs. Bellis (w/neck injury)

Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Mladenovic); defeated No.1 Wozniacki in QF in straight sets to score

second career win over a reigning World No.1, the other coming over Kerber at 2017 Sydney

One of five players in WTA history to have multiple wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, others being:

V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova (4) and Kuznetsova (2)

Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Linette)

Began 2018 season with back-to-back 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kanepi) and Sydney (l. Strycova)

Since start of 2017 record vs. Top 5 stands at 8-9, with wins over No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney), No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)

No.2 Halep (2017 Wuhan), No.1 Wozniacki (2018 St Petersburg), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Dubai), No.2 Wozniacki (2018

Indian Wells), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Madrid) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Roland Garros)

Career

Posted season-best finish of No.24 in 2017, up from No.27 in 2016

2017 season was highlighted by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating fellow teenager

Ostapenko in F – the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA doubles finals at

2017 – at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/Gavrilova)

2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian

Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held mps), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics

(l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges)

Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro

in QF)

QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at a WTA-level tournament

Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/Vesnina)

Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 12th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam

Earned best result at the majors with QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual

champion Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi)

Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l.

eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams)

In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy

Other Information

Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her

fitness trainer and travels with her

Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree

Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

Coached by Philippe Dehaes; formerly coached by Vladimir Platenik

SHARAPOVA:

Montréal



Withdrew from last year’s tournament w/left forearm injury

Eased past qualifier Karatantcheva in 1r on Tuesday. Now owns 2-2 record against qualifiers in 2018: d. Hogenkamp (Roland Garros), l. Niculescu (Doha), l. Diatchenko (Wimbledon)

Faces No.12 Kasatkina in 2r today; owns four Top 20 wins in 2018, against No.15 Sevastova (Australian Open), No.18 Barty and No.6 Ostapenko (both Rome) and No.6 Ka.Pliskova (Roland Garros)

Since returning to tour in 2017, record against fellow Russians stands at 2-1: d. Makarova at 2017 Stuttgart and 2017 Beijing and l. Diatchenko at 2018 Wimbledon

Owns 352-98 (.782) career win-loss record on hard courts – only S.Williams (483-78 – .861) owns a better



Season









Career













Grand Slam History






Other Information



Began training at Bollettieri Academy aged 9 (required two years away from mother due to visa and finances)





MATCH NOTES

[WC] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)


FRANCOISE ABANDA

191

318

05-02-1997 (21)

$40,020

$446,364

0 / 0

0 / 0

1-0 / 10-19

0-0 / 3-5

0-0 / 1-5

SLOANE STEPHENS

3

6

20-03-1993 (25)

$2,987,641

$11,295,745

1 / 6

0 / 0

7-5

22-11 / 181-123

6-5 / 58-40

3-5 / 47-24

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






2-4

10-5 / 114-78 1-0 / 5-13

0-0 / 1-1 3-0 / 15-5

0-0 / 0-0 3-3 / 12-31

0-0 / 0-6 6-5 / 28-50





[WC] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191)

R64: d. KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #47) 6-3,6-2 (1h13)


vs. [3] SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #3)

R64: BYE


from

ABANDA:

Montréal Making fifth Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall); one of four wildcards in draw (also Azarenka

and fellow Canadians Bouchard and Zhao)

Prior to this year, only main draw win came in 2016 when she reached 2r (d. S.Zheng, l. Svitolina). Fell 1r in

2014 (l. Cibulkova), 2015 (l. Petkovic) and 2017 (l. Safarova)

Best result by a wildcard at Rogers Cup was by Seles, who won the title in 1995

Defeated No.47 Flipkens in 1r; her first Top 50 victory since April 2017 (No.31 Putintseva at Fed Cup)

Faces No.3 Stephens in 2r. Owns 0-6 record against Top 20 players: l. No.12 Cibulkova (2014 Montréal), No.19

V.Williams (2014 Québec City), No.16 Petkovic (2015 Toronto), No.20 Svitolina (2016 Montréal) No.12

Wozniacki (2017 Roland Garros) and No.13 Ostapenko (2017 Wimbledon)

2018 Montréal is the 17th tour level main draw tournament of her career; previous appearances came at

Washington, DC (2014, 2016, 2017), Montréal/Toronto (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), US Open (2014), Miami (2015),

Québec City (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Roland Garros (2017), Wimbledon (2017) and Cincinnati (2017) – best

result was QF run at 2017 Québec City

Season Reached 2r in opening summer hard court tournament, at $60K ITF/Ashland, KY-USA

Fell in qualifying on both grass court appearances, at Birmingham and Wimbledon

On clay, contested qualifying at Roland Garros and Charleston. Also made QF at $60k ITF/Indian Harbour

Beach, FL-USA and 2r at $100k ITF/Trnava-SVK

Suffered qualifying exits at Indian Wells and Miami. On ITF Circuit, reached 2r at $100k ITF/Midland, MI-USA

and $25k ITF/Surprise, AZ-USA

Began season with qualifying exit at Australian Open



MATCH NOTES

FRANCOISE ABANDA

2017


2016

L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #20) R2 7-6(2) 7-6(3)

2015

L - ANDREA PETKOVIC (GER #16) R1 3-6 6-4 6-2

2014

L - DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA (SVK #12) R1 6-1 3-6 6-0

2012

L - SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #105) R16-Q

6-0 6-3

SLOANE STEPHENS

2017


2016


2015


2014


2013



from

Career Finished 2016 ranked No.123 – her best year-end ranking to date – and up from No.163 in 2016

Season highlight was reaching maiden WTA QF at Québec City (l. Babos) and 2r showings at Roland Garros (as

qualifier, l. Wozniacki), Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Ostapenko) and Cincinnati (as qualifier, l. Goerges)

Also in 2017, fell 1r at Washington DC and Toronto and in qualifying at Auckland, Australian Open, Acapulco,

Indian Wells, Miami, Bogotá, US Open and Luxembourg

Made three WTA main draw appearances in 2016 (all as a wild card), reaching 2r at Montréal (l. Svitolina) and

Québec City (l. Pegula) and 1r at Washington, DC (l. Arconada). Also fell in final round of qualifying at US Open

On the ITF Circuit in 2016, won the second and third titles of her career at $25k ITF/Irapuato-MEX and $25k

ITF/Redding, CA-USA

Other ITF Circuit title came in January 2014 at $25k ITF/Port St Lucie, FL-USA; also owns two doubles titles at

this level

Set career-high rank of No.111 on October 9, 2017

Made Fed Cup debut for Canada in February 2015, falling to Ka.Pliskova in World Group 1r, but posted

then-best career win over No.33 Begu of Romania in World Group play-offs in April 2015

Made WTA main draw debut at 2014 Washington, DC (as WC, l. King in 1r)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Lisicki in 1r)

Missed majority of 2013 season with a shoulder injury

Played first WTA event of career at 2012 Montréal, falling in final round of qualifying

Made professional debut at $25k ITF/Granby-CAN in 2012 (l. Bouchard in 2r)

Junior highlights include reaching SF at 2012 Wimbledon and 2014 Roland Garros; rose as high as No.4 in the

world

Grand Slam History Best result are 2r showings at 2017 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and 2017 Wimbledon (as

qualifier, l. Ostapenko)

Only other Grand Slam main draw appearance came at 2014 US Open (as qualifier, l. Lisicki in 1r)

Fell in qualifying at Australian Open (2015, 2017, 2018)

Other Information Began playing tennis at age seven after her elder sister Élisabeth began playing two years earlier; Élisabeth

also played tennis professionally and is a student at Barry University

Member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montréal since 2009

Favorite surface is grass

Her parents, Blaise Abanda and Cicle Assono Ahibena, are from Cameroon

Admires Serena and Venus Williams

STEPHENS: Montreal

Making sixth appearance at the Rogers Cup. Best result is SF run last season (l. eventual R-Up Wozniacki)

Has posted three other wins at this tournament throughout her career, a R16 run in 2013 (l. A.Radwanska) and a 2r exit in 2014 (l. Jankovic)


Returns for her seventh hard court tournament of the season after posting a 10-5 record on the surface this season

Received a 1r bye – holds a 2-0 record in matches directly following byes this season. Last loss in such a match occurred at 2016 Miami (l. Watson)

Faces No.191 Abanda in 2r today for the first time in her career. In terms of ranking, loss would be worst since falling to No.486 Elie at $50k ITF/Lexington, KY-USA

Since 1r exit at Australian Open this January, has posted 22-9 win-loss record

Competing in doubles play with Bouchard. The pair is onto the 2r after defeating No.5 seed Dabrowski/Xu in 1r

One of four Americans in starting field – also McHale, Dolehide and V.Williams

Season



Finished clay court season by reaching second Grand Slam final at Roland Garros (l. Halep in 3s). Rose to career-high No.4 after run in Paris. Is now 6-1 in career singles finals




Lifted first Premier-mandatory title at Miami (d. Ostapenko)

Subsequently made Top 10 debut at No.9 following her title run at Key Biscayne


and Bryan brothers)





Career












Grand Slam History
















Other Information








MATCH NOTES

[1] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #1) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28)


2017 CLAY O R16 SIMONA HALEP 97 mins6-1 4-6 6-0 ROME

2015 HARD O R2 SIMONA HALEP 65 mins6-2 6-1 WUHAN

2015 HARD O QF SIMONA HALEP 101 mins7-6(3) 6-2 CINCINNATI

2013 HARD I R1 SIMONA HALEP 68 mins6-3 6-3 SOFIA

2013 HARD I SF SIMONA HALEP 75 mins6-2 6-1 MOSCOW

2013 HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP 133 mins3-6 7-6(5) 3-0 TOKYO

2012 HARD O R1 SIMONA HALEP 85 mins6-4 6-2 DUBAI

SIMONA HALEP

1

1

27-09-1991 (26)

$5,483,511

$26,219,526

2 / 17

1 / 1

37-7 / 318-147

13-3 / 92-48

2-3 / 37-49


28

69

03-07-1991 (27)

$492,499

$8,471,007

1 / 12

0 / 5

6-7

12-13 / 306-226

5-4 / 104-80

6-4 / 74-64

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






14-4

3-6 / 222-147 19-3 / 182-91

8-0 / 33-11 0-2 / 25-28

4-3 / 31-44 1-3 / 27-56

10-4 / 85-66 3-5 / 53-98






R64: BYE


vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28)

R64: d. CHRISTINA MCHALE (USA #98) 6-3,6-2 (1h12)


from

HALEP:

Montréal

Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup, where she is one of four former champions in the draw

Captured singles title in 2016 after defeating four Top 20 opponents, incl. No.2 Kerber in the semifinals

Also finished R-Up in 2015 (ret. vs. Bencic w/heat illness) and in 2016 doubles w/Niculescu (l. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

After 1r bye, faces Pavlyuchenkova in 2r today. Has won all seven of their previous meetings, six of which came on hard courts

Has won past five matches against Russians, a run stretching back to 2017 Wuhan (l. Kasatkina)


Is guaranteed to hold on to the WTA World No.1 Ranking at least through the week of Cincinnati, taking her total to 41 and overtaking Mauresmo at No.11 in the all-time list

Also currently tops the Porsche Race to Singapore Leader Board – Top 8 qualify for the WTA Finals in October

One of tournament-leading six Romanian women in the starting field – three in 2r action (also Buzarnescu and Cirstea)

Leads the WTA in 2018 for return games won – 50.2% (only player to win more than half return games)


MATCH NOTES

SIMONA HALEP

2017


2016


2015


2012


2011


2010


7-6(5) 6-1


2017

R2 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #1) 6-3 6-3

2016

QF L - MADISON KEYS (USA #12) 7-6(3) 1-6 6-0

2014

R1 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #26) 6-1 3-6 6-2

2013

R2 L - NA LI (CHN #5) 6-1 6-4

2012

R1 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #39) 6-2 6-3

2011

R1 L - MARÍA JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ SÁNCHEZ (ESP #37) 3-6 6-4 6-1

2010

R1 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #16) 7-5 4-6 6-1

2009

R1-Q L - HEIDI EL TABAKH (CAN #194) 4-6 6-1 6-2


from


Season

Fell 3r at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh in 3s). Did not play a grass tournament before heading to Wimbledon (withdrew from Eastbourne w/foot injury), but arrived in London more than a week early in order to prepare











Career







Career record vs. Top 5 players is 9-27, wins coming over No.3 Muguruza (2018 Roland Garros), No.3 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Roland Garros), No.2 Kerber (2016 Montréal), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Cincinnati), No.5 Wozniacki (2015

Dubai), No.5 Bouchard (2014 WTA Finals), No.1 S.Williams (2014 WTA Finals), No.4 A.Radwanska (2014 Doha) and No.4 A.Radwanska (2013 Rome)










Grand Slam History







Other Information




PAVLYUCHENKOVA:

Montréal

Making eighth main draw appearance at the Rogers Cup (ninth overall). Achieved best result here in 2016, advancing

to QF (l. Keys)

Reached 2r in 2013 (l. Li) and made 1r exits in 2010-12, 2014; fell in 2009 qualifying

Defeated McHale in 1r on Tuesday to score third hard court win of 2018 (also Kozlova at Australian Open and

Sasnovich at Miami)

Faces No.1 Halep today; record against No.1-ranked players stands at 1-5, with sole win coming over Kerber at 2017

Monterrey

Only Top 10 win this season came over No.3 Muguruza (via ret.) at Stuttgart

One of three Russians to reach 2r here (also Kasatkina and Sharapova). A Russian has lifted the trophy here on two

occasions – Safina (2008) and Dementieva (2009)

Season

Coming off 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Hsieh, who also knocked out Halep in 3r)

Reached 2r at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova) and made 1r exit at Birmingham (l. Muguruza)

Posted 2r showing at Roland Garros (d. Hercog, l. Stosur)

Won 12th WTA singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F), bringing her record in finals to 12-6

Strasbourg final, in which she saved 2mp, marked second-longest WTA match of 2018 (3hrs, 36min). Longest WTA

match of the season came at Australian Open (Halep d. Davis in 3hrs, 44min)

Fell 1r back-to-back at Madrid (l. Stosur) and Rome (l. Keys) after QF run at Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit)

Scored two of her three Top 20 wins of 2018 at Stuttgart (d. No.13 Keys and No.3 Muguruza). Also defeated No.17

Barty en route to Strasbourg title

Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kerber) and made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Anisimova)

Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Konta), Doha (l. Cibulkova) and on home soil at St. Petersburg (l. Makarova)

Started off 2018 campaign at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 0-3 in singles play (l. Vandeweghe, Bencic and

Osaka) and 2-1 in doubles action (w/Khachanov)

Scored 1r win at Australian Open over Kozlova, before exiting in 2r (l. Bondarenko)

Career

2017 marked her 10th consecutive Top 50 finish, including second Top 20 finish at No.15 (also finished No.16 in 2011)

Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, Rabat and

Hong Kong

Notched only win over a reigning World No.1 en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 (d. then-No.1 Kerber)

Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/Babos)

In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber),

St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l. Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova)

Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r

Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008

Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011)

Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow

Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 43rd career main draw appearance at a major

Completed set of career Grand Slam QFs by reaching this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams)

Had previously reached last eight at 2011 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Schiavone), 2011 US Open (l. eventual

champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Also made doubles QF at all majors: 2013 Australian Open and Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 US Open

One of just six active players to achieve feat of reaching QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles

(also Williams sisters, Kuznetsova, Schiavone and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011

Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova 6-0 6-1)

As well as twice winning the girls’ singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title) and was

runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros and won four Grand Slam girls' doubles titles

Other Information

Coached by Joakim Nystrom. Previously coached by Simon Goffin, as well as father, Sergey and brother, Aleks

Introduced to tennis at age six by family

Grandmother played basketball for USSR and grandfather was high-level basketball referee; father was Olympic-level

canoeist (missed Games due to boycott) and mother a swimmer


MATCH NOTES

ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #39) vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2)

Head to Head: CAROLINE WOZNIACKI leads 1-0

2018 GRASS O F CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 117 mins7-5 7-6(5) EASTBOURNE

ARYNA SABALENKA

39

33

05-05-1998 (20)

$450,606

$731,673

0 / 0

0 / 0

22-15 / 34-23

11-6 / 14-10

6-2 / 8-6

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2

3

11-07-1990 (28)

$4,015,439

$30,850,133

2 / 29

0 / 2

15-8

32-10 / 564-232

11-3 / 147-76

6-5 / 89-77

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






1-0

17-5 / 403-155 11-6 / 22-13

3-3 / 5-3 4-2 / 57-28

1-3 / 1-4 2-0 / 60-65

4-5 / 5-6 6-4 / 130-103





ARYNA SABALENKA (BLR #39)

R64: d. ANA BOGDAN (ROU #82) 6-4,4-6,6-3 (1h52)


vs. [2] CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #2)

R64: BYE


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SABALENKA:

Montréal

Making tournament debut at Rogers Cup this week

In 1r on Tuesday, won four of the last five games to defeat Bogdan in 3s. Has now contested 17 three-set matches in

2018, only Buzarnescu (19), Kasatkina (18) and Siniakova (18) have played more

Now has 22 WTA main draw wins to her name in 2018. Prior to 2018, owned just 12 main draw victories

Faces No.2 Wozniacki in 2r today. Owns one Top 10 win in her career, against No.7 Ka.Pliskova at 2018 Eastbourne

Lost sole previous match vs. Top 5 opponent against No.1 Halep at 2018 Shenzhen

Enters the week ranked No.39. By contrast, this time last year sat at No.111 in the rankings

Season

Contested qualifying last week at San Jose

Suffered 1r exit at Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu)

Reached first Premier-level final at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki). Recorded wins over No.13 Goerges, No.15 Mertens and

No.7 Pliskova en route to final – the third, fourth and fifth Top 20 wins of her career (previously defeated No.18

Kuznetsova (2018 Indian Wells) and No.13 Stephens (2017 Fed Cup Final))


MATCH NOTES

CAROLINE WOZNIACKI

2017

F L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-4 6-0

2015

R2 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #20) 7-5 7-5

2014

QF L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 4-6 7-5 7-5

2013

R2 L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 5-7 7-6(0) 6-4

2012

SF L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 3-6 6-2 6-3

2011

R2 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #22) 6-4 7-5

2010

F W - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #11) 6-3 6-2

2009

R2 L - JIE ZHENG (CHN #25) 7-5 6-3

2007

R1 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #58) 6-0 6-7(4) 6-2


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Posted career-high ranking of No.32 after Eastbourne (July 2, 2018)

Started grass court swing with QF appearance at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. eventual R-Up Flipkens) prior to falling 1r at

Mallorca (l. Van Uytvanck)

Fell at the first hurdle of Roland Garros (l. Bertens)

Advanced through qualifying at both Madrid and Rome but fell in 1r to Pera and Hsieh, respectively

Reached second career WTA final at Lugano (l. Mertens)

Produced 3r run on Premier Mandatory debut at Indian Wells (d. 2017 R-Up Kuznetsova in 2r, l. Vondrousova) prior to

advancing to 2r in Miami the following week (l. Kvitova)

Contested qualifying at Dubai (l. Errani in final round after holding 1mp)

Won both singles rubbers (d. Lottner and Maria), but could not prevent Belarus slipping to 3-2 defeat against Germany

in Fed Cup World Group I

Fell 1r on Australian Open debut (l. Barty)

Opened 2018 season with back-to-back QFs at Shenzhen (l. eventual champion Halep) and Hobart (l. Tsurenko)

Career

Posted first Top 100 season finish in 2017, ending year at No.78

Season highlight was reaching first tour-level final at Tianjin (l. Sharapova)

Also made SF run at Tashkent (l. Babos)

Made Grand Slam main draw debut 2017 Wimbledon, falling in 2r (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft), and WTA main draw debut

at 2017 Dubai (as qualifier, l. Ka.Bondarenko)

Member of Belarus Fed Cup Team that advanced to competition final in 2017 – went 1-1 in singles and 0-1 in doubles

as side lost to USA

Scored first Top 20 win of career with defeat of No.13 Stephens during Fed Cup final in Minsk

Rounded out season by lifting WTA 125k Series title at Mumbai (d. Jakupovic)

In 2016 rose nearly 400 places in the rankings, ending year at No.155. Won on ITF Circuit at $50k ITF/Tianjin-CHN and

$50k ITF/Toyota-JPN

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2016 Rabat

On ITF Circuit has won five singles titles and one doubles title

Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2012 at $25k ITF/Minsk-BLR

Grand Slam History

Reached 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier, l. Witthoeft)

Made 1r exit on only other three major appearances, at 2018 Australian Open (l. Barty), 2018 Roland Garros (l.

Bertens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. Buzarnescu)

Also fell in qualifying at 2016 and 2017 US Opens, 2017 Australian Open and 2017 Roland Garros

Other Information

Born in Minsk

Started playing aged 6

Favorite surface is hard

WOZNIACKI:

Montréal Making 10th Rogers Cup appearance. Champion in 2010 (d. Zvonareva in F) and R-Up in 2017 (l. Svitolina)

Also a semifinalist in 2012 (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

One of four former champions in the draw this week (also Halep, Kvitova and Svitolina). Is bidding to become the

12th player in the Open Era to win the title multiple times (also Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Chris Evert, Regina

Marsikova, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, Serena

Williams, Amélie Mauresmo and Justine Henin)

After 1r bye, faces Sabalenka in 2r – came from a break down in both sets to defeat the Belarusian in Eastbourne

final earlier this summer

Holds an 12-7 career record against Belarusian opponents (all seven defeats vs. Azarenka)

Bidding for 33rd win of the season (32-10) – one of 10 players to pass the 30-win mark this season. Posted a

tour-leading 60 wins in 2017

One of nine Grand Slam champions in the starting field this tournament

Season

Made 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Makarova)

Also on grass, won her second title of the season, and 29th of her career in Eastbourne (d. Sabalenka in F). Win over

Konta in Eastbourne 3r was 50th grass court win, becoming just the seventh active player with as many wins on the

surface (also S.Williams, V.Williams, Sharapova, A.Radwanska, Kerber and Jankovic)

Fell in R16 at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) after QF showing at Rome (l. Kontaveit) and R16 at Madrid (l. eventual R-Up

Bertens)

Made QF at Istanbul (ret. vs. eventual champion Parmentier w/left abdominal injury)

Reached R16 at Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Puig)

Posted SF run at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

Fell in QF at St Petersburg (after 1r bye, d. Potapova; l. No.8 seed Kasatkina)

Won first Grand Slam title of career at Australian Open (d. No.1 Halep in F) – became first Danish woman to win a

major singles title

Win over Halep marked her fourth win over a reigning World No.1 (4-6 career record), having won her first three all in

2017 over Ka.Pliskova (Toronto), Muguruza (Tokyo [PPO]) and Halep (WTA Finals Singapore)

With her triumph in Melbourne reclaimed the World No.1 ranking for the first time in six years, marking the longest

gap between stints at the top spot since the computer rankings were introduced in November 1975 (6 years, 0 days)

Opened 2018 season with R-Up finish at Auckland (l. Goerges)

Career

Posted 60-21 record in 2017, finishing at No.3 for 10th consecutive Top 20 season and seventh Top 10 finish of career,

including six in a row (2009-14) and back-to-back year-end No.1 finishes in 2010-11

Season highlight in 2017 was winning biggest title of career to that point at 2017 WTA Finals Singapore (d. V.Williams

in F). By winning in Singapore, passed $25 million in career prize money

Also defended title at Tokyo PPO (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and reached a further six finals in 2017, finishing as R-Up at

Doha (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Dubai (l. Svitolina) in back‐to‐back weeks, and then Miami (l. Konta), Eastbourne (l.

Ka.Pliskova), Bastad (l. Siniakova) and Toronto (l. Svitolina)

Scored three wins over No.1-ranked players in 2017, against Ka.Pliskova (Toronto), Muguruza (Tokyo [PPO]) and Halep

(Singapore). Had never previously secured victory over the top-ranked player in her career; lifetime record now stands

at 4-6 vs. No.1 players (also beat Halep at 2018 Australian Open)

Scored more wins over Top 10 players in 2017 (14-6 record) than any other player

Owns 29 career singles titles – fourth most titles among active players (behind S.Williams, V.Williams and Sharapova)

and has won at least one title in 11 straight seasons (since 2008), including career-best six titles in 2010 and 2011

Won first WTA title at 2008 Stockholm, the first ever title won by a Danish woman

Denmark’s flag bearer at 2016 Rio Olympics

Broke into Top 100 on July 9, 2007 and entered Top 50 on January 28, 2008

Debuted in Top 10 on May 18, 2009

Rose to No.1 on October 11, 2010 and held No.1 ranking for total of 67 weeks; returned to No.1 on January 29, 2018

after Australian Open title for a further four weeks, taking career to 71 weeks

Qualified for WTA Finals five times (2009-11, 2014, 2017)

Winner of two WTA doubles titles – 2008 Beijing (w/Medina Garrigues) and 2009 Memphis (w/Azarenka)

Made professional debut aged 15 as a wildcard at 2005 Cincinnati

Grand Slam History Captured her first Grand Slam title and the World No.1 ranking at 2018 Australian Open (d. Halep in three sets) –

becoming just the fourth player all-time (also, Navratilova, Ivanovic and Azarenka) to simultaneously win her maiden

major title and ascend to No.1

Saved 2mp (in 2r vs. Fett) en route to the 2018 Australian Open title – one of five women to do so in Melbourne

Also a two-time Grand Slam runner-up, losing the title match at the US Open in 2009 (l. Clijsters) and 2014 (l.

S.Williams). Became first Danish player to reach a Grand Slam final since Kurt Nielsen at 1955 Wimbledon

Made Grand Slam debut at 2007 Roland Garros (l. Dechy in 1r). Would go on to play 36 consecutive majors until streak

was snapped by withdrawal from 2016 Roland Garros (w/right ankle injury)

At Roland Garros she is a two-time quarterfinalist, in 2010 (l. eventual champion Schiavone) and 2017 and has

reached R16 at Wimbledon on six occasions, including 2017

In juniors, won girls’ singles title at 2006 Wimbledon and was a finalist at 2006 Australian Open

Other Information

Ran 2014 New York City Marathon with charity Team for Kids, funds going to New York Road Runners youth programs

Signed as a USANA Health Sciences brand ambassador in March 2015. As part of the announcement she launched the

program’s annual ‘Aces for Humanity’ campaign to aid the USANA True Health Foundation, whose mission is to

provide critical nutrition to those who are suffering or in need; money is donated for each ace served by the eight

USANA Ambassadors on the WTA

Announced engagement to former NBA player David Lee in November 2017, the ex-New York Knicks forward

proposing on holiday in Bora Bora

Coached by father, Piotr Wozniacki


MATCH NOTES

[WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #95) vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43)


2016 HARD O QF VICTORIA AZARENKA 97 mins6-4 6-2 MIAMI

2015 HARD O R2 JOHANNA KONTA 60 mins6-4 1-0 ret. (left thigh) WUHAN

VICTORIA AZARENKA

95

61

31-07-1989 (29)

$626,812

$29,058,001

0 / 20

0 / 6

12-8 / 424-156

3-2 / 80-53

3-2 / 63-41

JOHANNA KONTA

43

32

17-05-1991 (27)

$610,144

$6,747,467

0 / 3

0 / 0

4-2

20-16 / 122-79

3-7 / 26-37

4-5 / 27-21

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






17-7

11-8 / 81-41 9-3 / 291-90

0-1 / 44-13 0-3 / 10-10

1-2 / 64-63 0-6 / 14-15

3-4 / 114-88 4-8 / 29-25





[WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #95)

R64: d. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #59) 6-0,6-1 (0h55)


vs. JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43)

R64: d. [11] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #11) 6-7(6),6-1,6-2 (2h03)


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AZARENKA:

Montréal

Returning for her eighth Rogers Cup appearance, and first since 2015

Best results here were three SF runs in 2008 (l. eventual champion Safina), 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Zvonoreva) and 2011

(l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Has also reached QF here in 2014 (l. eventual champion A.Radwanska)

One of four main draw wildcards (also Canadians Abanda, Bouchard and Zhao). Best result by a wildcard at Rogers

Cup was title run by Seles in 1995

Beat Mladenovic in 1r on Tuesday to improve hard court record this season to 9-3

Faces Konta in 2r today. Bidding to score back-to-back wins for third time this season (also Miami – SF and San Jose –

QF)

Contesting 2018 Montréal at No.95, returning to the Top 100 on Monday after a three-week stint outside

One of two players representing Belarus in the main draw here – also Sabalenka (plays Wozniacki in 2r today)

Season

Reached QF in San Jose before retiring against Collins in the second set w/back injury

Made 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Ka.Pliskova) in what was her 12th appearance at the All England Club. Win over

Alexandrova in 1r was 122nd Grand Slam main draw win – ranks sixth among active players

In mixed doubles at SW19, reached the final w/J.Murray, losing to Peya/Melichar


MATCH NOTES

VICTORIA AZARENKA

2015

L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #17) R16 7-5 6-3

2014

L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #5) QF 6-2 6-2

2012

L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #43) R2 3-3

2011

L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #80) SF 6-3 6-3

2010

L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #11) SF 7-6(6) 1-0

2009

L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #0) R2 7-5 4-6 6-1

2008

L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #8) SF 6-0 2-6 6-3

JOHANNA KONTA

2017

R2 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #42) 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3

2016

QF L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #121) 6-4 6-3


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In only other grass court event, made 2r at Mallorca (l. Safarova)

Posted back-to-back 1r exits at Rome (l. Osaka) and Roland Garros (l. Siniakova)

Reached 2r at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova). Saw off Krunic in 1r to register her first win on clay in two years (d. Cornet in 2r at

2016 Madrid)

Made SF run at Miami (as WC, l. eventual champion Stephens). Upset No.15 Keys, No.17 Sevastova and No.6

Ka.Pliskova to register multiple Top 20 wins at same tournament for first time since 2016 Miami title run

Returned to Top 100 (at No.92) after SF run at Miami

Fell 2r at Indian Wells, defeating Watson in 1r before falling to Stephens

Career

Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of first child Leo in December 2016

Comeback tournament was on the grass of 2017 Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last

tournament contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r)

Followed this up with R16 showing at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play any tournaments after Wimbledon due

to personal reasons

Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season after going on maternity leave (announced

pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian

Wells and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005

Miami marked 20th tour-level singles title of career (20-16 record in finals)

Posted 26‐3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l.

Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury)

Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries

Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion,

reaching final at Istanbul in 2011 (l. Kvitova)

Two-time Grand Slam champion, capturing back-to-back titles at the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and

2013 (d. Li in F). Also two-time finalist at US Open, in 2012 and 2013, falling to S.Williams on both occasions

Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks

Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69

matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1

Owns 3‐9 record vs. World No.1s, with wins coming over S.Williams at 2009 Miami, 2013 Cincinnati and 2016 Indian

Wells. Losses were to Safina (2009 Roland Garros), Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells) and S.Williams (2010 Australian

Open, 2013 Rome, 2013 US Open, 2013 Brisbane, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros, 2015 Wimbledon)

Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 London Olympics – bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata

ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year

Grand Slam History


Is a two‐time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and again in 2013 (d. Li

in F). Also a two‐time Grand Slam runner‐up, at 2012 and 2013 US Open (losing to S.Williams both times in 3s)

Reached Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while best result at Roland Garros has been SF appearance in 2013

Three Grand Slam doubles R-Up, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina) and 2011

Australian Open (w/Kirilenko). Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2007 US Open (w/Mirnyi) and 2008

Roland Garros (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray)

Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005

Other Information

Coached by Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce

Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016

Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father's name is Fedor and older brother is Max

At 15, moved from hometown Minsk to train in Scottsdale, Arizona

KONTA:

Montréal

Playing in her third Rogers Cup and second in Montréal, where she reached the QF in 2016 (l. Kucova) – her best result

at the tournament

Suffered opening-match defeat last year (after 1r bye, l. Makarova)

Broke serve eight times to upset No.11 Ostapenko in 1r on Tuesday – her fourth Top 20 win of the season (also No.19

Keys at Sydney, and No.19 Rybarikova at Madrid and Rome

Faces Azarenka for the third time today – lost most recent encounter with Belarusian (the eventual champion) in QF at

2016 Miami

Playing doubles this week w/Zhang – face No.6 seeds Klepac/Martínez Sánchez in 2r

One of two British players in 2018 Montréal starting field – also Boulter, who fell 1r after successfully qualifying

Season

Reached QF in San Jose (l. Mertens) – her third QF of the season (also Brisbane – QF) and Nottingham (R-Up)

In 1r match at San Jose, dispatched S.Williams – a three-time San Jose champion – 6-1 6-0. Was Serena’s heaviest

defeat of her career (only occasion she has failed to win more than one game in a match) and first time losing a

set-to-love since 2014 WTA Finals (lost 6-0 6-2 to Halep)

Became first British woman to defeat Serena – Konta fell to her at 2017 Australian Open (QF), Watson at 2015

Wimbledon (3r) and Robson at 2013 Rome (2r)

Made 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova), having reached SF at All England Club in 2017

Reached sixth WTA singles final of career at Nottingham (l. Barty) before making 1r exit at Birmingham (l.

eventual champion Kvitova) and reaching 3r at home event of Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki)

In 2017, posted the best win-loss record on grass across tour-level events (13-3), including a runner-up finish at

Nottingham (l. Vekic), and SF runs at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams)

Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Putintseva)

Reached R16 at Rome (l. Ostapenko in 3s) after 1r exit at Madrid (l. Pera)

Fell in 2r at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Stollar)

As defending champion at Miami reached R16 (l. V.Williams in 3s)

Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova)

Finished the Middle East swing with 3-2 record, reaching R16 at Doha (l. Kerber) before a 2r exit at Dubai (l.

Kasatkina)

Won all three singles rubbers to help Great Britain advance from Europe/Africa Zone Group I and set up a World

Group II play-off against Japan in April

Made 2r exit at Australian Open, falling to No.123-ranked lucky loser Pera – worst loss by ranking since falling to

No.164 Torró-Flor at 2015 $50k ITF/Saint-Gaudens-FRA

Made 2r exit at Sydney (as defending champion, l. A.Radwanska)

Opened 2017 season by reaching QF at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Svitolina). Was two points from victory in

second set against Svitolina before retiring with a right hip injury midway through third set

Win over Keys in 1r at Brisbane broke five-match losing streak carried over from 2017

Career

Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, posting career-high season finish of No.9 (second Top 10 season in a

row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017

Began 2017 season in great form by lifting title at Sydney (d. A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of

career at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F)

At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. R-Up

V.Williams). Had previously won just one match from five previous visits to All England Club, in 2016 (d. Puig, l.

Bouchard in 2r)

Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic)

Overall record in WTA finals now stands at 3-3

Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne – conceded walkover to eventual

champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell

heavily on match point, but won match after treatment). Match against Kerber was second of day, after she

defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in R16

With win over Kerber, became first British woman to defeat a reigning World No.1 since Barker d. Chris Evert at

1979 Boston

Was in contention for WTA Finals qualification in 2017, however withdrawal from Moscow opened spot for

Garcia

Career record vs. Top 5 stands at 5-8; wins coming over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017

Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne and No.2 Halep at Wimbledon

Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10

Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2‐0 in round‐robin play), fell in SF (l.

Svitolina)

Reached first Premier Mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a

match

By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite

group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker). Became 119th

woman to break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

Won career‐first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach

final of a Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009, and first British woman to win the

tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco)

Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of

October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20)

Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as

qualifier, l. 1r)

Grand Slam History


Is a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Australian Open

(l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in

December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open

Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last

four since Virginia Wade in 1978 (l. Evert)

Also made QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), while at US Open has twice reached

R16, in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova)

At Roland Garros has never been beyond 1r, falling at the first hurdle in 2015-18

Other Information

Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after‐school care program

Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella

(dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in 1955

Currently coached by Michael Joyce, having parted ways with Wim Fissette at end of 2017 season


1



Brian Shaprio ([email protected])


ROGERS CUP – FIRST & SECOND ROUND (TUESDAY)

Central JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43) vs. [11] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #11)

Series tied 1-1 Ostapenko won when the pair met this year at Rome… Konta owns three Top 20 wins so far in 2018…

Ostapenko has never won a match in two previous Rogers Cup appearances

ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #30) vs. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) Kvitova leads 2-1

Kontaveit upset Kvitova at this year’s Roland Garros… Kvitova playing first match since surprise Wimbledon exit… Estonian beat Makarova on Monday for first win in North America since 2017 Miami

MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) vs. [Q] SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #229) Sharapova leads 4-0

Sharapova won players’ most recent encounter at 2010 Birmingham… Karatantcheva playing first WTA main draw in over a year… Sharapova has risen over 100 places in the rankings in past 12 months

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) vs. [WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #129) Mertens leads 1-0

Mertens won only previous meeting at ‘s-Hertogenbosch in 2016… Both players reached SF of most recent appearances on tour… Bouchard once of three Canadians in main draw

[WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #95) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #59) Azarenka leads 1-0

Azarenka triumphed when two met at 2015 Wimbledon… Mladenovic’s last win on Canadian soil came back in 2014… Azarenka a three-time Rogers Cup semifinalist

MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #29) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6) Garcia leads 2-0

Garcia won previous meeting at New Haven in 2015… Rybarikova bidding for second Top 10 win of the season… Garcia made Rogers Cup QF last year and doubles runner-up in 2015


2


Banque Nationale TATJANA MARIA (GER #81) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34)

Maria leads 2-1 Cornet won previous meeting in nearly three hours at 2016 Roland Garros… Maria granted main draw

berth after S.Williams’ withdrawal… Cornet has lost nine times to players ranked outside Top 50 in 2018

[12] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #31) Kasatkina leads 1-0

Kasatkina won in three sets when pair met at this year’s Roland Garros… Sakkari fresh from run to San Jose final… Kasatkina bidding to score 33rd win of the season

[WC] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) vs. [Q] KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #47) First meeting

Abanda playing first Top 50 opponent of season… Flipkens has won 15 of her past 19 matches on tour… Abanda has one win in four previous Rogers Cup main draw appearances

PRIZE MONEY AND RANKING POINT BREAKDOWN

SINGLES USD $ RANK

POINTS DOUBLES USD $

RANK POINTS

Winner 519,480 900 Winner 143,600 900 Runner-Up 252,425 585 Runner-Up 72,534 585 Semifinalist 126,450 350 Semifinalist 35,910 350 Quarterfinalist 60,210 190 Quarterfinalist 18,075 190 Round of 16 29,010 105 Round of 16 9,170 105 Round of 32 14,860 60 Round of 28 4,530 1 Round of 64 8,015 1



MATCH NOTES

JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #43) vs. [11] JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #11)


2018 CLAY O R16 JELENA OSTAPENKO 134 mins2-6 6-3 6-4 ROME

2017 GRASS O R16 JOHANNA KONTA 138 mins7-5 3-6 6-4 EASTBOURNE

JOHANNA KONTA

43

32

17-05-1991 (27)

$610,144

$6,747,467

0 / 3

0 / 0

19-16 / 121-79

2-7 / 25-37

4-4 / 27-20

JELENA OSTAPENKO

11

12

08-06-1997 (21)

$2,000,505

$6,932,825

0 / 2

1 / 3

0-2

19-14 / 88-64

3-3 / 30-22

9-3 / 25-13

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






3-2

9-8 / 46-42 10-8 / 80-41

0-3 / 10-10 3-5 / 7-10

0-6 / 14-15 2-2 / 8-11

3-8 / 28-25 2-3 / 12-20





Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


JOHANNA KONTA

2017

L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #42) R2 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3

2016

L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #121) QF 6-4 6-3

JELENA OSTAPENKO

2017

R1 L - VARVARA LEPCHENKO (USA #68) 1-6 7-6(2) 7-6(5)

2016

R1 L - MONICA NICULESCU (ROU #61) 3-6 7-5 6-1


from

KONTA:

Montréal

Playing in her third Rogers Cup, second in Montréal, where she reached the QF in 2016 (l. Kucova) – her best result at

the tournament

Fell in her first match of 2017 Rogers Cup in Toronto (l. Makarova)

Has recorded at least one win in six of her eight hard court tournament appearances this season – only tournaments

she failed to do so were Sydney (l. Radwanska) and Indian Wells (l. Vondrousova)

Faces No.11 Ostapenko today for the third time in her career. All-time series is tied 1-1. Both previous matches have

gone to three sets

Looking for her best win-by-rank of 2018, having recorded three victories over Top 20 opponents this year: No.19 Keys

(Sydney), and No.19 Rybarikova (Madrid and Rome)

Participating in doubles play this week with partner, Zhang Shuai. They reached 2r after defeating Begu/Halep in 1r

One of two British players to earn a main draw spot this year – also Boulter, who advanced through qualifying

Season

Reached QF in San Jose (l. Mertens) in what was her first QF appearance at a WTA event since 2017 Cincinnati

In 1r match at San Jose, dispatched S.Williams – a three-time San Jose champion – 6-1 6-0. Was Serena’s heaviest

defeat of her career (only occasion she has failed to win more than one game in a match) and first time losing a

set-to-love since 2014 WTA Finals (lost 6-0 6-2 to Halep)

Became first British woman to defeat Serena – Konta fell to her at 2017 Australian Open (QF), Watson at 2015

Wimbledon (3r) and Robson at 2013 Rome (2r)

Contesting first event since 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova), having reached SF at All England Club in 2017

Reached sixth WTA singles final of career at Nottingham (l. Barty) before making 1r exit at Birmingham (l.

eventual champion Kvitova) and reaching 3r at home event of Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki)

In 2017, posted the best win-loss record on grass across tour-level events (13-3), including a runner-up finish at

Nottingham (l. Vekic), and SF runs at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams)

Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Putintseva)

Reached R16 at Rome (l. Ostapenko in 3s) after 1r exit at Madrid (l. Pera)

Reached QF in doubles at Madrid (d. No.4 seeds Xu/Dabrowski in R16 before falling to Klepac/Martinez Sanchez)

Fell in 2r at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Stollar)

Enjoyed a good run of form as the defending champion at Miami, where she reached R16 (l. V.Williams in 3s). Hit

50 winners across opening two matches, against Belgium’s Flipkens and Mertens, to reach R16

Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova)

Finished the Middle East swing with 3-2 record, reaching R16 at Doha (l. Kerber) before a 2r exit at Dubai (l.

Kasatkina)

Won all three singles rubbers to help Great Britain advance from Europe/Africa Zone Group I and set up a World

Group II play-off against Japan in April

Made 2r exit at Australian Open, falling to No.123-ranked lucky loser Pera – worst loss by ranking since falling to

No.164 Torró-Flor at 2015 $50k ITF/Saint-Gaudens-FRA

Made 2r exit at Sydney (as defending champion, l. A.Radwanska)

Opened 2017 season by reaching QF at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Svitolina). Was two points from victory in

second set against Svitolina before retiring with a right hip injury midway through third set

Win over Keys in 1r at Brisbane broke five-match losing streak carried over from 2017

Career

Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, posting career-high season finish of No.9 (second Top 10 season in a

row). Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017

Began 2017 season in great form by lifting title at Sydney (d. A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of

career at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F)

At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. R-Up

V.Williams). Had previously won just one match from five previous visits to All England Club, in 2016 (d. Puig, l.

Bouchard in 2r)

Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic)

Overall record in WTA finals now stands at 3-3

Also in 2017, reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne – conceded walkover to eventual

champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell

heavily on match point, but won match after treatment). Match against Kerber was second of day, after she

defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in R16

With win over Kerber, became first British woman to defeat a reigning World No.1 since Barker d. Chris Evert at

1979 Boston

Was in contention for WTA Finals qualification in 2017, however withdrawal from Moscow opened spot for

Garcia

Career record vs. Top 5 stands at 5-8; wins coming over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017

Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne and No.2 Halep at Wimbledon

Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10

Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2‐0 in round‐robin play), fell in SF (l.

Svitolina)

Reached first Premier mandatory final of career at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska)

Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a

match

By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut – first British woman to feature in the elite

group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker). Became 119th

woman to break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

Won career‐first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach

final of a Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009, and first British woman to win the

tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco)

Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) – first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of

October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20)

Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as

qualifier, l. 1r)

Grand Slam History


Is a two-time Grand Slam semifinalist. Made Slam breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Australian Open

(l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in

December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open

Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last

four since Virginia Wade in 1978 (l. Evert)

Also made QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), while at US Open has twice reached

R16, in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova)

At Roland Garros has never been beyond 1r, falling at the first hurdle in 2015-18

Other Information

Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after‐school care program

Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May 2012. Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella

(dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion)

Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian ‘Golden Team’ with Ferenc Puskas in 1955

Currently coached by Michael Joyce, having parted ways with Wim Fissette at end of 2017 season

OSTAPENKO:

Montréal

Making third main draw appearance at the Rogers Cup, searching for her first career win at the tournament

Playing in first event since reaching SF at Wimbledon

Returns to hard court after posting a 9-8 record on the surface earlier this season, including a R-Up result in her last

appearance on the surface at Miami

Faces No.43 Konta today for the third time. All-time series is tied 1-1. Both matches have gone to three sets.

Ostapenko won the most recent meeting at Rome earlier this year

Has won five consecutive matches against opponents outside the Top 40 – is 13-4 throughout 2018 in such matches

with her last loss coming at Roland Garros (l. No.67 Kozlova)

One of two Latvian players in action this week, along with Sevastova

Participating in doubles competition this week w/Kichenok

Season

Finished grass court season with 7-2 record

Coming off a SF result at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber) becoming the first woman representing

Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon

Enjoyed a QF showing at Eastbourne (l. A.Radwanska) in her lone tune up for Wimbledon

Suffered 1r upset at Roland Garros as the defending champion (l. Kozlova) – was only sixth player in Open

Era to lose in 1r of Grand Slam title defense

Reached QF at Rome (l. Sharapova 6-7(6) 6-4 7-5 in 3h 11m)

Made 1r exit at Madrid (l. Begu) following QF run at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Ka.Pliskova in 3s). Also

reached QF in doubles at Stuttgart (as defending champion, l. eventual champions Atawo/Groenefeld)

Won both singles rubbers (d. Makarova and Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets) to help Latvia beat Russia 3-2

and reach the Fed Cup World Group II for the first time

Reached her first final of 2018 in Miami (l. Stephens). The result was her best showing at a WTA Premier

Mandatory tournament. Record in singles finals now stands at 2‐4

At 20 years, 297 days old, became the youngest player to reach Miami final since Azarenka (19 years, 237

days) won the title in 2009

Saw off No.9 Kvitova in R16 and No.4 Svitolina in Miami QF to register multiple Top 10 wins in the same

tournament for the first time in her career

Made 3r exit at Indian Wells (l. Martic)

Suffered opening match defeat Doha (after 1r bye, l. Buzarnescu in straight sets) and Dubai (l. Vesnina).

Bounced back by winning third career WTA doubles title w/Dabrowski (d. Klepac/Martínez Sánchez in F) that

week

Represented Latvia in Fed Cup Europe/Africa Group competition, helping team reach World Group II play-offs

for the first time, going 3-1 in singles

Reached QF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

Began 2018 season with 1r exits at Shenzhen (l. Kr.Pliskova) and Sydney (l. Makarova), before reaching 3r at

Australian Open (l. Kontaveit)

Career

Enjoyed career-best season in 2017, finishing the year in the Top 10 for the first time in her career (at No.7); was

No.44 at end of 2016 (first Top 50 finish) and No.79 at end of 2015 (first Top 100 finish)

Won career first tour-level title and maiden Grand Slam trophy at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), where she

became the lowest‐ranked player (No.47), and first unseeded player, to lift the trophy in the Open Era

Clinched second tour-level title at Seoul in September (d. Haddad Maia in F) as top seed

Seoul title helped earn her first-ever qualification at WTA Finals, where she went 1-2 in the group stage – d.

Ka.Pliskova; l. V.Williams and Muguruza

Advanced to third career singles final at 2017 Charleston in April, falling to then fellow 19‐year‐old Kasatkina; was the

first all‐teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

Made four additional semifinals in 2017: Auckland (l. eventual champion Davis), Prague (l. Kr.Pliskova), Wuhan (l.

Barty) and Beijing (l. Halep)

Upset Muguruza in QF at 2017 Beijing to register first win over a reigning World No.1

Reached QF stage at Acapulco (l. eventual champion Tsurenko) and Wimbledon (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams)

Following run to 3r at 2017 US Open (l. Kasatkina), made her Top 10 debut at No.10 on September 11, 2017

In doubles, won first and second career titles in 2017, at St. Petersburg (w/Rosolska) and Stuttgart (w/Atawo)

2016 season highlight and breakthrough result was reaching final at Premier 5 Doha (l. Suárez Navarro)

Made Top 40 debut by virtue of reaching final at 2016 Doha

Represented Latvia at 2016 Rio Olympics, losing 1r in singles (l. Stosur)

Reached first WTA final of career at 2015 Québec City (l. Beck)

Ended 2015 at No.79 for first Top 100 finish (up from No.308 in 2014). Having leapt 229 spots, was second‐highest

year‐end rankings jump, after Kasatkina who went from No.370 to No.72 (298 spots)

Began playing ITF Circuit events in 2012. Has won seven singles and eight doubles titles. Made WTA main draw

debut at 2014 Tashkent (2r, l. Pervak)

Latvian Fed Cup Team, 2013‐18; Latvian Olympic Team, 2016

Grand Slam History


Champion at 2017 Roland Garros (d. Halep in F), becoming first woman to win her first tour‐level title at a Grand Slam

since Barbara Jordan at 1979 Australian Open (d. Walsh in F)

First Latvian player to reach the championship match at a Grand Slam; previously Ernests Gulbis reached SF at 2014

Roland Garros

Is one of six players born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (also Kvitova at 2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, Muguruza at

2016 Roland Garros and 2017 Wimbledon, Stephens at 2017 US Open, Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open and Halep at

2018 Roland Garros)

Followed Paris victory by posting her then-second best major result, reaching QF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams).

Along with S.Williams in 2015, is the only woman in the last 10 years to have followed up victory at Roland Garros

with a run to the QF or better at Wimbledon. Before that, Henin also achieved the feat in 2007

Also the first woman to back up her maiden Slam title with QF or better at next Slam since Kim Clijsters (US

Open‐Australian Open 2006)

Improved upon her 2017 result by reaching the SF of Wimbledon in 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber)

becoming the first woman representing Latvia to reach SF at Wimbledon

Best result to date at Australian Open is reaching 3r in 2017 and 2018; best result at US Open is reaching 3r in 2017

Fell in 1r at all four majors in 2016, however, reached mixed doubles SF at 2016 Wimbledon (w/Marach, l. eventual

champions Kontinen/Watson)

Won girls’ singles title at 2014 Wimbledon

Other Information

Works with Glen Schaap (as of June 2018) and her mother, Jelena Jakovleva

Father is Jevgenijs, half‐brother is Maksim Ostapenko (graduated from art academy in Los Angeles and lives

there now).

Previously worked with David Taylor from December 2017 until 2018 Roland Garros

Introduced to tennis at age five by mother; favorite shots are serve and backhand; favorite surfaces are grass

and hard

Tennis idols are Serena Williams and Ernests Gulbis – watched Gulbis’ QF match at Roland Garros from his box

in 2014

Took ballroom dancing classes for seven years


MATCH NOTES

ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #30) vs. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 2-1

2018 CLAY O R3 ANETT KONTAVEIT 124 mins7-6(6) 7-6(4) ROLAND GARROS

2018 CLAY O R16 PETRA KVITOVA 134 mins6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 MADRID

2017 HARD O R1 PETRA KVITOVA 122 mins1-6 7-6(2) 6-3 CINCINNATI

ANETT KONTAVEIT

30

21

24-12-1995 (22)

$982,446

$2,247,406

0 / 1

0 / 0

20-14 / 65-63

9-5 / 21-22

7-4 / 18-22

PETRA KVITOVA

8

4

08-03-1990 (28)

$2,762,495

$26,803,313

5 / 25

0 / 0

13-8

38-8 / 389-180

14-3 / 117-74

6-7 / 77-57

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






1-0

17-4 / 254-122 6-6 / 30-38

3-1 / 8-7 3-2 / 44-14

5-4 / 7-9 7-1 / 52-47

8-4 / 11-14 14-2 / 98-78





ANETT KONTAVEIT (EST #30)

R64: d. EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #30) 4-6,6-3,6-1 (1h59)


vs. [8] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8)

R64: BYE

Total games: 26

Won/lost: 16-10

Sets won/lost: 2-1





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KONTAVEIT:

Montréal

Making main draw debut at Rogers Cup. Fell in qualifying in 2014

In 1r on Monday, won 10 of the last 12 games to see off Makarova in three sets. Result ended a six-match losing

streak in North America, stretching back to 2r win at 2017 Miami (also against Makarova)

Faces No.8 Kvitova in 2r today; owns five Top 10 wins in 2018 – only Kvitova and Kasatkina (both seven) have more to

their name

However, only one of seven career Top 10 wins has come on hard courts: No.7 Ostapenko (2018 Australian Open).

Other six were on clay, against No.6 Muguruza (2017 Stuttgart), No.1 Kerber (2017 Rome), No.8 V.Williams (2018

Madrid), No.9 V.Williams and No.2 Wozniacki (both 2018 Rome) and No.8 Kvitova (Roland Garros)

Has 3-1 record against left-handers in 2018: d. Kerber (Stuttgart), Kvitova (Roland Garros) and Makarova (Montréal)

and l. Kvitova (Madrid)

During 2017 North American hard court season, fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. Kvitova), New Haven (l. Lucic-Baroni) and US

Open (l. Safarova)


MATCH NOTES

ANETT KONTAVEIT

2014

L - KIMIKO DATE (JPN #89) R1-Q 5-2

PETRA KVITOVA

2017

R2 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #934) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2

2016

R16 L - SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA (RUS #11) 7-6(2) 6-3

2015


2014

R16 L - EKATERINA MAKAROVA (RUS #19) 6-4 1-6 6-2

2013

QF L - SORANA CIRSTEA (ROU #27) 4-6 7-5 6-2

2012

F W - NA LI (CHN #11) 7-5 2-6 6-3

2011


2010

R1 L - ARAVANE REZAI (FRA #19) 6-7(1) 7-5 6-3

2009

R2-Q L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #58) 6-1 6-0

2008

R2 L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #1) 6-3 4-6 6-3


from


Season

Reached 3r at Wimbledon for the second time (also 2017) where she fell to Van Uytvanck

In build up to Wimbledon, suffered 1r defeats at Mallorca (l. Maria) and ‘S-Hertogenbosch (as defending champion, l.

Kudermetova)

Enjoyed fruitful clay swing in 2018, including a R16 run at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Stephens) and SF showing at

Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina). Posted career-high ranking of No.24 on May 28, 2018

Also posted R16 run at Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and made SF stage at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion

Ka.Pliskova)

At Stuttgart, 1r win over Mladenovic lasted over three hours (3:09), the eighth longest match of 2018; also spent 2:57

on court in her Stuttgart QF match, defeating Pavlyuchenkova in three sets

Prior to Stuttgart had lost four consecutive matches, stemming back to 2r at Dubai

Fell 1r at Lugano (l. Lapko)

After 1r byes, made 2r exits at both Indian Wells (l. Sasnovich) and Miami (l. Sakkari)

Achieved her 50th career main draw victory in Dubai (d. Stosur in 1r) before falling in 2r (l. Osaka)

Made 1r exit at Doha (l. Cornet)

At Australian Open, upset No.7 Ostapenko en route to R16 (l. Suárez Navarro)

Opened 2018 season by reaching 2r at Brisbane (l. eventual runner-up Sasnovich) and contested qualifying at Sydney

(ret. w/dizziness vs. Aoyama)

Career

Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2017, finishing on a ranking of No.34, up from No.110 in 2016 – first year-end finish

inside Top 50 and second non-consecutive year in Top 100

2017 season highlighted by winning first career singles title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (d. Vikhlyantseva in F). Also reached

finals at Biel/Benne (l. Vondrousova) and Gstaad (l. Bertens)

Broke into Top 30 for first time at No.27 following run at Gstaad (July 24, 2017)

Also advanced to quarterfinals at Premier-level tournaments at Stuttgart, where she beat No.6 Muguruza en route,

and Rome, where she posted her first career win over a reigning No.1 with defeat of Kerber in 2r

In 2016, played main draw at all four Grand Slams for first time, but dropped out of Top 100

One of five teenagers in 2015 year-end Top 100

Made Top 100 debut on September 14, 2015 at No.96, up from No.152

Scored first Top 20 win of career over No.17 Errani at 2016 Monterrey (2r)

Has won 11 singles titles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami as WC (l. McHale, 1r)

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2010

Junior highlights included winning 2011 Orange Bowl, defeating Bouchard and Putintseva along the way

Grand Slam History


Earned her first Grand Slam victories at 2015 US Open where she reached R16 (as qualifier, l. V.Williams) – only

seventh qualifier in Open Era to reach US Open R16

Also made R16 at 2018 Australian Open (l. Suárez Navarro) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens)

Best showings at Wimbledon are 3r runs in 2017 (l. Wozniacki) and 2018 (l. Van Uytvanck)

Aside from 2017 Roland Garros where she made 2r, all other appearances at the majors to date have all ended in 1r

exits: Australian Open in 2016 (l. Muguruza) and 2017 (l. Sakkari); Wimbledon in 2014 (as qualifier, l. Dellacqua), 2015

(l. Azarenka) and 2016 (l. Strycova); and 2016 and 2017 US Open (l. Vesnina)

Runner-up in 2012 US Open girls’ singles (l. Crawford)

Other Information

Coached by Nigel Sears

Grew up in Tallinn, Estonia; now training in Istanbul

Mother, Ulle, is a tennis coach and started her in tennis (was her coach until the age of 11, then began working other

Estonian coaches). Father, Andrus, is a manager at the Port of Tallinn

KVITOVA:

Montréal

Making 10th main draw appearance at Rogers Cup (11th overall); former champion, winning in 2012 (d. Li in F)

Also reached QF in 2013 (l. Cirstea) and R16 on three other occasions, most recently 2016 (l. Kuznetsova)

After 1r bye, faces No.30 Kontaveit today – bidding to draw level with Kerber on a tour-leading 39 wins

Six of eight defeats this season have been against players ranked outside Top 20: No.100 Giorgi at Sydney, No.98

Petkovic at Australian Open, No.149 Anisimova at Indian Wells, No.77 Kr.Pliskova at Charleston, No.24 Kontaveit at

Roland Garros and No.50 Sasnovich at Wimbledon

One of 10 Grand Slam champions in the starting field, along with Azarenka, Halep, Kerber, Muguruza, Ostapenko,

Sharapova, Stephens, V.Williams and Wozniacki

Contested five tournaments during 2017 North American hard court season, highlighted by QF showings at US

Open (l. V.Williams) and Stanford (l. Bellis)

Holds a tour-leading five WTA singles titles in 2018 – St. Petersburg (hard), Doha (hard), Prague (clay), Madrid (clay)

and Birmingham (grass)

Sits No.4 on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard, behind Halep, Kerber and Wozniacki (as of August 6,

2018)

Season

Suffered 1r exit a Wimbledon (l. Sasnovich)

Won 25th career WTA singles title at Birmingham as the defending champion (d. Rybarikova in F) and gave

walkover to A.Radwanska in R16 at Eastbourne (right hamstring injury)

With Birmingham triumph became the first player to win a title on all three surfaces in a season since S.Williams

in 2015 (Australian Open, Miami and Cincinnati (hard), Roland Garros (clay) and Wimbledon (grass)

Hit 50 career WTA main draw wins on grass with title run at Birmingham, including four titles on the surface at

2011 and 2014 Wimbledon, and 2017 and 2018 Birmingham

Has now successfully defended a title twice in her career – also at New Haven in 2014-15

Is fifth among active players for titles won:

PLAYER TOUR-LEVEL TITLES 1) Serena Williams 72 2) Venus Williams 49 3) Maria Sharapova 36 4) Caroline Wozniacki 29 5) Petra Kvitova 25 =6) Victoria Azarenka 20 =6) Agnieszka Radwanska 20

Made 3r showing at Roland Garros (l. Kontaveit in two tie-breaks)

Captured back-to-back titles at Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F) and Madrid (d. Bertens in F)

Enjoyed a 13-match winning streak between Madrid (6), Prague (5) and Roland Garros (2), marking her

second-best win streak of her career:

NO. OF WINS DATE TOURNAMENTS 14 2011-12 Linz (5), WTA Finals (5), Fed Cup (2), Sydney (2) 14 2018 St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6), Indian Wells (1) 13 2018 Prague (5), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (2) 11 2011 Fed Cup (2), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (3) 10 2014 Eastbourne (2), Wimbledon (7), Montréal (1) 9 2011 Brisbane (5), Australian Open (4)

Highlighted indicates streak from this season

Holds the most titles on tour in 2018 (5), having also lifted trophies this season at St Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in

F) and Doha (d. Muguruza in F)

Is first player to win the Madrid title three times. Defeat of No.6 Ka.Pliskova in Madrid SF was seventh Top 10 win

in 2018 (7-1 record), having also defeated No.6 Ostapenko and No.10 Mladenovic (both at St. Petersburg), No.3

Svitolina, No.10 Goerges, No.1 Wozniacki and No.3 Muguruza (all at Doha)

Withdrew from Rome after Madrid w/right thigh injury

Fell to Kerber in 1r at Stuttgart after going 2-0 in singles play against Germany (d. No.11 Goerges and No.12

Kerber) to lead the Czech Republic into November’s Fed Cup Final against the USA

Fell in 2r of Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Kr.Pliskova) following R16 run at Miami (as No.9 seed, l. eventual R-Up

Ostapenko) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Anisimova)

Lifted the title at Doha (d. Muguruza in F). Holds seventh best record among active players for hard court titles

won with 17

Defeated No.1 Wozniacki in SF at Doha – record vs. reigning No.1s now stands at 5-4. Other wins came over Safina

(2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid – ending the American’s 27-match winning

streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan)

Won back-to-back titles at St Petersburg and Doha for the first time since winning Linz and WTA Finals in 2011

Returned to Top 10 after Doha at No.9 (last appeared in Top 10 week of June 27, 2016)

Steered Czech Republic to Fed Cup semifinals for 10th year in a row, posting wins against Switzerland’s Bencic and

Golubic in Prague

Won title at St Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F); with 64-27 record, leads active players for indoor hard court wins

Has won at least one title every year since 2011

Made 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Petkovic in 2hrs 52mins)

Opened 2018 season with 2r showing at Sydney (l. Giorgi) after withdrawing from Brisbane w/viral illness

Career

Finished 2017 ranked No.29, down from No.11 in 2016

Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech

Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand

Won title at 2017 Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l.

eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams)

Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes

Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F).

Also finished R-Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F)

Member of Czech Republic team that successfully defended Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia,

d. Mladenovic, then teamed w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic

have won the Cup in five times since 2011

Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal

play-off)

2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F)

and New Haven (d. Safarova in F). New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has

won any tournament title three times

Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which

she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F)

At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months)

Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006

Grand Slam History


Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F)

Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros,

Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros, Stephens at 2017 US Open, Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open and Simona

Halep at 2018 Roland Garros)

Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results include two SF showings, at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova)

and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US

Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva)

Other Information

A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport

Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016

US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016

Fitness trainer is David Vydra


MATCH NOTES

MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) vs. [Q] SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #229)


2010 GRASS O QF MARIA SHARAPOVA 73 mins6-2 6-4 BIRMINGHAM

2005 GRASS O R2 MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-0 6-1 WIMBLEDON

2005 HARD O R1 MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-3 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

2004 HARD O R3 MARIA SHARAPOVA 3-6 6-3 6-2 INDIAN WELLS

MARIA SHARAPOVA

22

23

19-04-1987 (31)

$1,017,633

$38,047,109

0 / 36

0 / 3

15-9 / 591-155

5-6 / 162-59

2-3 / 72-62

SESIL KARATANTCHEVA

229

328

08-08-1989 (28)

$35,465

$1,289,924

0 / 0

0 / 0

2-2

0-0 / 50-73

0-0 / 18-23

0-0 / 7-9

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






9-5

0-0 / 30-40 5-4 / 351-98

2-1 / 53-15 0-0 / 3-6

2-3 / 96-65 0-0 / 0-11

4-5 / 169-98 0-0 / 2-18




* Updated entering 2018 Montreal 1r

Rnd = Duration

Rnd Result Duration


from

SHARAPOVA:

Montréal



Faces qualifier Karatantcheva in 1r today. Owns 1-2 record against qualifiers in 2018: d. Hogenkamp (Roland Garros), l. Niculescu (Doha), l. Diatchenko (Wimbledon)

One of 10 thirtysomethings in starting field

Owns 351-98 career win-loss record on hard courts (.782) – only S.Williams (483-78 – .861) owns a better



Season






MATCH NOTES

MARIA SHARAPOVA

2014


2011


2009


2008


2004


2003


SESIL KARATANTCHEVA

2015

R1-Q L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #56) 3-6 6-4 6-4

2013

R1-Q L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #97) 6-1 6-3

2012

R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #23) 6-4 6-4

2008

R1-Q L - CARA BLACK (ZIM #1,063) 7-6(6) 7-5

2005

R2 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #10) 4-6 6-1 6-4


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Career













Grand Slam History






Other Information



Began training at Bollettieri Academy at age 9 (required two-year separation from mother due to visa restrictions and finances)




KARATANTCHEVA:

Montréal

Making third Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall)

Reached 2r in 2005 (l. Petrova) and 2012 (as qualifier, l. Safarova)

Won 10 of the last 12 games to defeat Cabrera in the final round of qualifying

Best Rogers Cup results by a qualifier are SF runs by Yan in 2007 and Kucova in 2016

Last WTA main draw appearance was 1r exit at 2017 Bucharest

Faces No.22 Sharapova in 1r today. Last Top 50 win came against No.50 Rybarikova in 2015 Cincinnati qualifying

Ranked No.229, is the second-lowest-ranked player in the draw (after fellow qualifier and No.232 Krejcikova)

Season

Contested qualifying at Washington DC and Bucharest

On grass, fell in qualifying at Birmingham and Wimbledon – most recent Grand Slam main draw appearance was 1r exit at 2015 US Open

Clay court season ended with qualifying exit at Roland Garros. Highlights of spring were runs to SF at $80k ITF/Dothan, AL-USA and QF at $80k Charlottesville, VA-USA

Has played a mix of WTA qualifying and ITF Circuit events. Began season with qualifying exit at Australian Open, before further exits at St. Petersburg, Doha and Charleston

Career

Finished 2017 ranked No.176 (up from No.212 in 2016)

Highlight of 2017 campaign was winning the eighth ITF Circuit title of her career at $60k Las Vegas, NV-USA

At tour level in 2017, fell 1r at Bucharest in qualifying at Australian Open, Indian Wells, Charleston and US Open

Owns a 2-18 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents (all levels), wins coming a decade ago over No.13 V.Williams at 2005

Roland Garros and No.19 Jankovic at 2005 Moscow

Best result of 2015 season was reaching SF at Acapulco (as a LL, l. Bacsinszky); was first tour-level SF since reaching

the last four at 2010 Pattaya City

WTA doubles finalist at 2008 Bad Gastein (w/Zoric)

Posted one Top 50 season finish, at No.35 in 2005 (also career-high rank)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2004 Indian Wells (reached 3r, l. Sharapova in 3s)

On ITF Circuit, has won eight singles titles

Made first appearances on ITF Circuit in 2003

Junior highlights include winning 2004 Roland Garros title

Grand Slam History

Has made 14 Grand Slam main draw appearances. Fell 1r on Grand Slam debut at 2004 US Open (l. eventual

champion Kuznetsova)

Best result is reaching QF at 2005 Roland Garros, a run that included a defeat of V.Williams in 3r; was 15 years old at

the time – was youngest quarterfinalist in Paris since Capriati in 1990

Also reached 2r at US Open in 2005, Wimbledon in 2005 and Australian Open in 2009

Other Information

Changed nationality from Bulgaria to Kazakhstan in January 2009, but changed back again in 2014

Has trained at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (he saw her play at 2003 Eddie Herr junior event and offered her a

three-week scholarship)

Coached by father, Radoslav Karatanchev

Father, who placed seventh in World Cup of Rowing, was a Bulgarian National Champion and mother, a volleyball

player, was also a Bulgarian National Champion


MATCH NOTES

[14] ELISE MERTENS (BEL #15) vs. [WC] EUGENIE BOUCHARD (CAN #129)

Head to Head: ELISE MERTENS leads 1-0

2016 GRASS O R1 ELISE MERTENS 52 mins6-2 6-0 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH

ELISE MERTENS

15

9

17-11-1995 (22)

$1,548,320

$2,344,560

3 / 4

3 / 5

34-13 / 69-37

8-4 / 22-12

6-5 / 13-13

EUGENIE BOUCHARD

129

117

25-02-1994 (24)

$234,353

$5,950,874

0 / 1

0 / 0

4-7

7-7 / 133-115

3-0 / 37-44

4-1 / 37-19

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTRÉAL W-L (MD) *






0-0

3-4 / 78-73 14-7 / 32-19

5-1 / 6-1 0-0 / 9-10

1-3 / 2-6 0-1 / 12-27

1-5 / 4-16 0-2 / 18-41






from

MERTENS:

Montréal

Making debut appearance at Rogers Cup and first appearance in Canada since a SF run at $50k ITF/Toronto in 2016

Contesting 2018 Montréal at a career-high ranking of No.15, first posted week after Roland Garros (June 11, 2018).

Last year began North American hard court swing at No.47

Seeded No.14 this week – her seventh consecutive tournament as a seeded player, and 13th such tournament of

2018. In contrast, was seeded just seven times throughout 2017, all at International level

Faces No.129 Bouchard today in 1r action. Won only previous meeting between them in straight sets

Boasts a 6-1 record against opponents playing in their home country this season – only loss coming against

Mladenovic in Fed Cup play. Wins coming against Kratzer (San Jose), Paolini, Errani (Fed Cup Week 2), Pera (Miami),

Parmentier (Fed Cup Week 1) and Gavrilova (Australian Open)

Holds 9-2 record this season against opponents outside the Top 100 – both losses coming in June, to No.148 Lottner

(‘s-Hertogenbosch) and No.113 Jakupovic (Birmingham)

Holds a career record of 2-1 against wildcards at WTA level

One of three Belgians in play this week – also Flipkens and Van Uytvanck


MATCH NOTES

EUGENIE BOUCHARD

2017

R1 L - DONNA VEKIC (CRO #51) 6-3 6-4

2016

R16 L - KRISTINA KUCOVA (SVK #121) 3-6 6-4 6-3

2015

R1 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #20) 6-0 5-7 6-2

2014

R2 L - SHELBY ROGERS (USA #113) 6-0 2-6 6-0

2013

R2 L - PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #7) 6-3 6-2

2012

R2 L - NA LI (CHN #11) 6-4 6-4

2011


2010

R1-Q L - ALISON RISKE (USA #156) 6-4 6-2

2009

R1-Q L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #64) 6-2 6-0

2008

R1-Q L - ABIGAIL SPEARS (USA #166) 6-3 6-4


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"-Q" Qualifying matchMONTRÉAL Tournament History

Season

Achieved her fifth SF appearance of the season in San Jose (l. eventual champion Buzarnescu)

Reached 3r at Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova) for her career-best result at the All England Club

Also reached 3r at Eastbourne (l. eventual R-Up Sabalenka) and fell in 2r at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Lottner) and 1r at

Birmingham (l. Jakupovic)

In doubles, won fifth career title at ‘s-Hertogenbosch and finishing R-Up at Birmingham (both w/Schuurs)

Started clay court season with back-to-back titles at Lugano (d. Sabalenka in F) and Rabat (d. Tomljanovic in F). One

of six players to win multiple titles on tour so far this year (3), along with Kvitova (5), Svitolina (3), Halep (2), Kerber

(2) and Wozniacki (2)

Fell to World No.1 Halep at other two clay court events, in R16 at Roland Garros and 2r at Madrid. Finished clay

swing with tour’s best record on the surface – 16-2 win-loss, edging Halep’s 16-3 record

Also won doubles title at Lugano (w/Flipkens, d. Lapko/Sabalenka in F)

Won both rubbers (d. Errani and Paolini) to help Belgium to 4-0 victory in its World Group I play-off against Italy

Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Q.Wang) and reached 3r at Miami (l. Konta)

Fell 2r in Doha (l. Cirstea), followed by a 1r exit in Dubai (l. Bellis)

Went 1-1 in Fed Cup World Group play for Belgium vs. France (d. Parmentier, l. Mladenovic). France won tie 3-2

Achieved Grand Slam breakthrough at Australian Open; making debut at event, advanced to first SF at a major – d.

No.23 Gavrilova in 2r and No.4 Svitolina in QF – first win over a Top 5 opponent – en route before falling to No.2

seed and eventual champion Wozniacki (ending 10-match win streak)

With Australian Open results, made Top 20 debut at No.20 (week of January 29, 2018)

Passed $1 million in career prize money with 3r victory over Cornet at Australian Open

Enjoyed successful title defense at 2018 Hobart (d. Buzarnescu in F), having won her maiden title there in 2017.

Completed sweep of titles by teaming up with Schuurs to defeat L.Kichenok/Ninomiya in doubles final

Began 2018 season at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 2-1 in singles play (d. Bouchard and Gavrilova, l.

Kerber) and 2-1 in doubles (w/Goffin)

Career

Finished 2017 season at No.35, up from No.120 in 2016 – first Top 50 and Top 100 year-end finish in career

2017 season highlighted by first career singles title at Hobart (as a qualifier, d. Niculescu in F) – one of five qualifiers

to win a singles title in 2017

Also in 2017, advanced to final at Istanbul (l. Svitolina) and made SF runs at Bastad (l. Wozniacki), New Haven (l.

Cibulkova) and Luxembourg (l. Puig)

Won second career doubles title at 2017 Guangzhou (w/Schuurs) and reached finals at 2017 Bucharest (w/Schuurs)

and Istanbul (w/Melichar)

Registered first Top 10 win of career over No.10 Cibulkova in 1r at 2017 Beijing

Made WTA singles main draw debut at 2016 ‘s-Hertogenbosch – as qualifier, advanced to QF (l. Mladenovic)

In 2016 also reached 2r on grass at Mallorca (as qualifier, d. Schiavone in 1r, l. Jankovic) and fell in qualifying on nine

occasions: Auckland, Australian Open, St Petersburg, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Gstaad, Bastad, Linz and

Luxembourg

Won first WTA title of any kind in doubles at 2016 Auckland (w/Mestach). Now has five doubles titles – also 2017

Guangzhou (w/Schuurs), 2018 Hobart (w/Schuurs), 2018 Lugano (w/Flipkens) and 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

(w/Schuurs)

Played first tour-level event of career at 2015 Antwerp (fell in qualifying)

Winner of 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Belgium in 2010

Grand Slam History

Advanced to first Grand Slam SF of career at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

Became first Belgian to reach a Grand Slam SF since Flipkens at 2013 Wimbledon; also the first Belgian to reach QF

at Australian Open since 2012 (Kim Clijsters, SF)

In 2018, also achieved best result at Roland Garros, with run to R16 (l eventual champion Halep) and Wimbledon,

where she reached 3r (l. Cibulkova)

Fell 1r at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) and 2016 US Open (as qualifier, l. Muguruza in 3s)

Prior to making Grand Slam main draw debut at 2016 US Open, fell in qualifying at five majors: 2015 Wimbledon,

2015 US Open, 2016 Australian Open, 2016 Roland Garros and 2016 Wimbledon

Other Information

Currently coached by Dieter Kindlmann

Earlier coaching history includes Belgian federation until early teens, as well as a year at the Mouratoglou Academy

in Paris

Mother Liliane, teaches languages and history and father, Guido, makes furniture for churches. Was introduced to

tennis by her sister Lauren, who is six years older (now airline pilot with KLM)

Speaks Dutch/Flemish, French and English

Was home schooled

BOUCHARD:

Montréal

• Making eighth main draw appearance (11th overall) at the Rogers Cup. Best result was R16 run in 2016 (l. Kucova)

• Has played better when the Rogers Cup is held in her hometown, with a 3-3 main draw record in Montréal compared

to a 1-4 main draw record when held in Toronto

• This is her fifth main draw appearance this season at the Premier level or higher – holds a 2-4 record in such

occasions with both wins coming in Grand Slams: d. Dodin at Australian Open and Taylor at Wimbledon

• Faces No.15 Mertens in today’s 1r. Bidding for first Top 20 win since 2017 Madrid (d. No.2 Kerber in R16)

• Won her last match against a Top 20 opponent in Montréal, defeating No.10 Cibulkova in straight sets at 2016 Rogers

Cup

• Into 2r of doubles competition this week with Stephens after defeating No.5 seeded Dabrowski/Xu in 1r

• One of three Canadians in this week’s main draw – also Abanda and Zhao

Season

• Reached SF at Gstaad before a leg injury forced her to retire in the second set against eventual champion Cornet. It

was her first SF appearance since 2017 Sydney

• As a qualifier, lost in 2r of Wimbledon (l. Barty) after recording her second Grand Slam match victory of 2018,

defeating Taylor in 1r

• Fell in qualifying at Birmingham and Roland Garros

• Suffered 1r exits in Charleston (l. Errani) and Indian Wells (l. qualifier Vickery) sandwiched between a qualifying loss in

Miami

• Opened the year at Hobart, falling 1r (l. Sabalenka), before losing in 2r at Australian Open (l. Halep)

• Made QF at Taipei City (l. Yafan Wang), which marked first time winning back-to-back matches and first QF since 2017

Madrid – a run spanning 13 tournaments

• Dropped to No.121 in WTA rankings after 2018 Australian Open – her lowest since March 2013 (No.123)

• Began 2018 campaign at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 0-3 in singles (l. Gavrilova, Kerber and Mertens) and

2-1 in doubles (w/Pospisil)

Career

• Ended 2017 season ranked No.83, marking fifth consecutive Top 100 year-end finish

• Had previously registered four consecutive Top 50 seasons, including a Top 10 year-end finish at No.7 in 2014

• Aside from 3r showing at Australian Open (l. Vandeweghe), 2017 season was highlighted by defeating No.6 Cibulkova

en route to a SF appearance at Sydney to start the year (l. Konta) followed by a QF finish at Madrid after defeating the

likes of Sharapova and No.2 Kerber (via retirement) (l. Kuznetsova)

• In doubles action, advanced to two finals at Washington, DC (w/Stephens) and Luxembourg (w/Flipkens)

• 2016 season highlights included reaching fifth and sixth career singles finals, at Hobart (l. Cornet) and Kuala Lumpur (l.

Svitolina)

• In Grand Slam play in 2016, reached 2r at Australian Open (l. A.Radwanska) and Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky), 3r at

Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova) and 1r at US Open (l. Siniakova)

• After 2014 Wimbledon, made Top 10 debut at No.7, beating previous Canadian best of No.8 (Bassett‐Seguso). Climbed

to a career‐high No.5 on October 20, 2014

• Owns a 1-5 record in career singles finals, sole title coming at 2014 Nürnberg (d. Ka.Pliskova in F)

• Qualified for 2014 season‐ending WTA Finals Singapore, becoming first Canadian to qualify in 25 years. Went 0-3 in

round-robin stage

• Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in USA in 2008

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Wimbledon marked her 21st career main draw appearance at a major

• Reached the title match at 2014 Wimbledon (l. Kvitova), becoming the first Canadian to ever reach a Grand Slam final;

since joined by Milos Raonic at 2016 Wimbledon

• Made first Grand Slam SF at 2014 Australian Open (l. Li) and followed up with QF run in 2015 (l. Sharapova)

• Advanced to SF at 2015 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova) – defeating two Top 20 players en route

(No.9 Kerber and No.15 Suárez Navarro)

• Best result at US Open is R16 run in both 2014 (l. Makarova) and 2015 (withdrew prior to match vs. eventual R-Up Vinci

w/concussion)

Other Information

• At age 12, she moved to Florida with her mother to be coached at Nick Saviano’s high-performance academy, also

attended by Sloane Stephens

• Named 2013 WTA Newcomer of the Year, as voted by international tennis media

• Currently working with Robert Lansdorp

• Previously worked with Thomas Hogstedt, Sam Sumyk, Nick Saviano and Harold Solomon


MATCH NOTES

[WC] VICTORIA AZARENKA (BLR #95) vs. KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #59)

Head to Head: VICTORIA AZARENKA leads 1-0

2015 GRASS O R3 VICTORIA AZARENKA 99 mins6-4 6-4 WIMBLEDON

VICTORIA AZARENKA

95

61

31-07-1989 (29)

$626,812

$29,058,001

0 / 20

0 / 6

11-8 / 423-156

3-2 / 80-53

3-2 / 63-41

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC

59

47

14-05-1993 (25)

$1,135,227

$8,092,912

0 / 1

2 / 18

0-4

16-19 / 162-165

7-4 / 53-52

0-6 / 43-42

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTRÉAL W-L (MD) *






16-7

9-10 / 86-102 8-3 / 290-90

0-1 / 44-13 1-2 / 9-12



6-6 / 242-128

9-8 / 366-146

9-10 / 64-98

15-13 / 131-153


MONTRÉAL Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match

VICTORIA AZARENKA

2015

L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #17) R16 7-5 6-3

2014

L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #5) QF 6-2 6-2

2012

L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #43) R2 3-3

2011

L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #80) SF 6-3 6-3

2010

L - VERA ZVONAREVA (RUS #11) SF 7-6(6) 1-0

2009

L - KIM CLIJSTERS (BEL #0) R2 7-5 4-6 6-1

KRISTINA MLADENOVIC

2017

R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #26) 6-2 6-3

2016

R1 L - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #160) 7-6(5) 1-6 6-3

2015

R1 L - SARA ERRANI (ITA #17) 5-7 6-1 6-0

2014

R2-Q L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #65) 1-6 7-6(4) 7-6(4)

2013

R1 L - SLOANE STEPHENS (USA #17) 6-2 7-6(5)

2012

R1-Q L - MICHELLE LARCHER DE BRITO (POR #123) 7-5 6-2


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AZARENKA:

Montréal

Returning for her eighth Rogers Cup appearance, and first since 2015

Best results here were three SF runs in 2008 (l. eventual champion Safina), 2010 (l. eventual R-Up Zvonoreva) and 2011

(l. eventual champion S.Williams)

Has also reached QF here in 2014 (l. eventual champion Radwanska)

Enters the tournament with an 8-3 record on hard courts this season

Comes into play with a No.95 ranking, breaking back into the Top 100 after a three week stint outside

Faces No.59 Mladenovic in 1r today for the second time in her career. Won only previous meeting at 2015 Wimbledon

Is 5-1 in matches against opponents outside the Top 50 at the Rogers Cup – her only such loss at this tournament

came to S.Williams, when she was ranked No.80 after returning from a foot injury

One of two players representing Belarus in the main draw here – also Sabalenka

Season

Reached QF in San Jose before retiring against Collins in the second set due to a back injury

San Jose marked first event since 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Ka.Pliskova) in what was her 12th appearance at the All

England Club. 1r win over Alexandrova was 122nd Grand Slam main draw win – ranks sixth among active players

In only other grass court event, made 2r exit at Mallorca (l. Safarova)

In mixed doubles at SW19, reached the final w/J.Murray, losing to Peya/Melichar

Posted back-to-back 1r exits at Rome (l. Osaka) and Roland Garros (l. Siniakova)

Suffered 2r exit at Madrid (l. Ka.Pliskova). Saw off Krunic in 1r to register her first win on clay in two years (d. Cornet in

2r at 2016 Madrid)

Made SF run at Miami (as WC, l. eventual champion Stephens). Upset No.15 Keys, No.17 Sevastova and No.6

Ka.Pliskova to register multiple Top 20 wins at same tournament for first time since 2016 Miami title run

Returned to Top 100 (at No.92) after SF run at Miami

Fell 2r at Indian Wells, defeating Watson in 1r before falling to Stephens


MATCH NOTES

2008

L - DINARA SAFINA (RUS #8) SF 6-0 2-6 6-3


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Career

Made return to tennis in June 2017 following birth of first child Leo in December 2016

Comeback tournament was on the grass of 2017 Mallorca, reaching 2r (d. Ozaki, l. Konjuh). Prior to 2017 Mallorca, last

tournament contested was 2016 Roland Garros (1r)

Followed this up with R16 showing at 2017 Wimbledon (l. Halep). Did not play any tournaments after Wimbledon due

to personal reasons

Ended 2016 ranked No.13, despite missing second half of season after going on maternity leave (announced

pregnancy mid-July). Lifted three titles, at Brisbane (first title since 2013 Cincinnati) and ‘Sunshine Double’ of Indian

Wells and Miami – third woman to achieve feat after Graf in 1994 and 1996 and Clijsters in 2005

Miami marked 20th tour-level singles title of career (20-16 record in finals)

Posted 26‐3 record for first six months of 2016 with losses coming at the Australian Open (QF, l. Kerber), Rome (2r, l.

Begu) and Roland Garros (ret. vs. Knapp w/right knee injury)

Limited to total of 23 events over 2014-15 seasons due to variety of injuries

Posted five consecutive Top 10 finishes between 2009 and 2013, qualifying for the WTA Finals on each occasion,

reaching final at Istanbul in 2011 (l. Kvitova)

Two-time Grand Slam champion, capturing back-to-back titles at the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and

2013 (d. Li in F). Also two-time finalist at US Open, in 2012 and 2013, falling to S.Williams on both occasions

Ascended to World No.1 after 2012 Australian Open and held top spot for a total of 51 weeks

Began 2012 with 26-match win streak – best start since Hingis went 37-0 in 1997. Went on to win tour-leading 69

matches in 2012, season highlighted by six titles, finishing as WTA’s year-end No.1

Owns 3‐9 record vs. World No.1s, with wins coming over S.Williams at 2009 Miami, 2013 Cincinnati and 2016 Indian

Wells. Losses were to Safina (2009 Roland Garros), Wozniacki (2011 Indian Wells) and S.Williams (2010 Australian

Open, 2013 Rome, 2013 US Open, 2013 Brisbane, 2015 Madrid, 2015 Roland Garros, 2015 Wimbledon)

Won two medals for Belarus at 2012 London Olympics – bronze in singles and mixed doubles gold (w/Mirnyi)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2005 Kolkata

ITF Junior World Champion for 2005 – reached first tour-level semifinal at Guangzhou the same year

Grand Slam History


Is a two‐time Grand Slam champion, winning the Australian Open in 2012 (d. Sharapova in F) and again in 2013 (d. Li

in F). Also a two‐time Grand Slam runner‐up, at 2012 and 2013 US Open (losing to S.Williams both times in 3s)

Reached Wimbledon SF in 2011 and 2012, while best result at Roland Garros has been SF appearance in 2013

Three Grand Slam doubles R-Up, at 2008 Australian Open (w/Peer), 2009 Roland Garros (w/Vesnina) and 2011

Australian Open (w/Kirilenko). Two-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, at 2007 US Open (w/Mirnyi) and 2008

Roland Garros (w/B.Bryan). Most recently finished as mixed doubles R-Up at 2018 Wimbledon (w/J.Murray)

Won girls’ singles titles at the Australian Open and US Open in 2005

Other Information

Coached by Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh. Formerly coached by Wim Fissette, Sam Sumyk and Michael Joyce

Gave birth to son Leo in December 2016

Introduced to tennis at age 7 by mother Alla; father's name is Fedor and older brother is Max

At 15, moved from hometown Minsk to train in Scottsdale, Arizona

MLADENOVIC:

Montréal

• Making fifth main draw appearance at the Rogers Cup (seventh overall). Still searching for her first win at the event

• Enters play with an 11-16 record at the Premier level or higher this season

• Facing No.95 Azarenka today. Holds a 15-13 record this season against Top 100 opponents this season

• Looking for her first win in Canada since 2014 Quebec City (d. Broady in 1r)

• No.3 seeds in doubles this week w/Babos. Won Rogers Cup doubles title in 2012 (w/Jans-Ignacik)

• One of three French players in the main draw this year – also Cornet and Garcia

Season

• Coming off a 1r loss to doubles partner Babos in San Jose

• Matched her best career result at Wimbledon by reaching 3r (l. eventual R-Up S. Williams) to finish the grass court

swing with a 4-3 record

• Fell in 2r of Eastbourne (l. Barty) and Birmingham (l. Rybarikova) in preparation for the All England Club

• Finished clay season with back-to-back 1r exits at Rome (ret. against Sevastova w/dizziness) and Roland Garros (l.

Petkovic)

• Reached QF stage in doubles at Paris (w/Babos, l. eventual R-Ups Hozumi/Ninomiya)

• Advanced to R16 at Madrid (l. Sharapova), after 1r exit in Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit after holding 2mp in second set)

• In doubles, was R-Up in Madrid (w/Babos, l. Makarova/Vesnina)

• Won two rubbers during France’s Fed Cup semifinal defeat against the United States. Defeated Vandeweghe in

singles and w/Hesse beat Mattek-Sands/Vandeweghe in doubles

• Retired during her 1r match with qualifier Korpatsch in Lugano due to a back injury

• Fell 3r at Indian Wells (l. Wang) and 2r at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Martic)

• Reached QF in Acapulco before falling to eventual champion Tsurenko

• Suffered 1r exit in Dubai (l. Osaka) after a 2r exit the week before at Doha (l. Blinkova)

• Won three matches in France’s Fed Cup World Group tie vs. Belgium in Mouilleron-le-Captif. Defeated Mertens

and Flipkens in singles before pairing up with Hesse to overcome Flipkens/Mertens in decisive doubles rubber

• Reached eighth career singles final at St. Petersburg (as defending champion, l. Kvitova). Record in WTA singles

finals now stands at 1-7. Run to St. Petersburg final brought first singles match wins since August 2017

• Started the season with 1r exits at Brisbane (l. eventual runner-up Sasnovich), Sydney (l. Perez via ret. heat illness)

and Australian Open (l. Bogdan)

• Won second career Grand Slam doubles title at Australian Open (w/Babos) – defeated Makarova/Vesnina in F

Career

• Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, making Top 10 debut and lifting first WTA singles title having reached four

finals

• Finished season at No.11 for highest year-end ranking and first inside Top 20. Broke into Top 10 on October 23,

2017

• Won first career singles title at Premier-level St Petersburg (d. Putintseva in F). Passed $5 million career prize

money mark by winning title

• Reached biggest final of career at Premier-Mandatory level Madrid (l. Halep) and was R-Up at Acapulco (l.

Tsurenko) and Stuttgart (l. Siegemund)

• Advanced to SF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Vesnina), en route defeating two seeds, No.4 Halep and

No.13 Wozniacki. Result saw her break into Top 20 in WTA Rankings for first time in career, and overtake Garcia to

become French No.1

• Qualified as first alternate for 2017 WTA Finals but not called on to play

• Reached two singles finals in 2016, at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Vandeweghe) and Hong Kong (l. Wozniacki), having

been runner-up at 2015 Strasbourg (l. Stosur)

• Won four doubles titles in 2016 w/Garcia: Charleston (d. Mattek-Sands/Safarova), Stuttgart (d. Hingis/Mirza),

Madrid (d. Hingis/Mirza) and Roland Garros (Makarova/Vesnina). In addition, also finished runners-up at Sydney,

Dubai, US Open and Beijing (all w/Garcia). Team qualified for WTA Finals Singapore, losing in SF. By winning the

tournament, could have become joint-World No.1s

• Member of French Fed Cup side that advanced to 2016 competition final against Czech Republic – lost epic singles

rubber to Ka.Pliskova, 63 46 16-14 in 3 hours 48 minutes – 30-game final set being longest-ever in a Fed Cup final

– as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Garcia, l. Pliskova/Strycova)

• Also qualified for 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore in doubles w/Babos. Went 1-2 in RR stage and failed to progress

• Overall has won 18 WTA doubles titles (18-12 record in finals). At Grand Slams won 2016 Roland Garros (w/Garcia)

and finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos) and 2016 US Open (w/Garcia)

• Broke into Top 100 on September 17, 2012 and Top 50 on March 18, 2013

• Played first WTA qualifying event as wildcard at 2008 Paris [Indoors]

• Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007

Grand Slam History

• 2018 Wimbledon marked 31st main draw appearance at a Grand Slam, with best results being QF runs at 2015 US

Open (l. Vinci) and 2017 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky)

• Also reached 3r at 2016 Australian Open (l. Gavrilova), 2015 Wimbledon (l. Azarenka) and 2018 Wimbledon (l.

eventual R-Up S. Williams)

• In doubles, won first Grand Slam doubles title at 2016 Roland Garros (w/compatriot Garcia, d. Makarova/Vesnina

in F) – were first French pair to win the doubles title at Roland Garros since Gail Chanfreau and Francoise Durr in

1971

• Won second Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian Open (w/Babos, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

• Finished R-Up at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Babos) and 2016 US Open (w/Garcia)

• Won mixed doubles titles at 2013 Wimbledon and 2014 Australian Open, and finished runner-up at 2013 Roland

Garros and 2015 Australian Open (all w/Nestor)

Other Information

• Mother is Dzenita (was a pro volleyball player); father is Dragan (was a pro handball player); brother is Luka

(soccer player)

• Started playing tennis aged 8 when introduced to sport by parents

• Speaks French, English, Serbian, Italian and Spanish

• Currently without a full-time coach


MATCH NOTES

MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #29) vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6)

Head to Head: CAROLINE GARCIA leads 2-0

2015 HARD O R16 CAROLINE GARCIA 94 mins7-6(5) 6-4 NEW HAVEN

2015 HARD O QF CAROLINE GARCIA 54 mins7-5 ret. (right ankle) MONTERREY

MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA

29

40

04-10-1988 (29)

$634,460

$4,799,762

0 / 4

0 / 2

16-14 / 184-197

6-5 / 69-53

3-1 / 40-52

CAROLINE GARCIA

6

16

16-10-1993 (24)

$1,218,234

$8,599,455

0 / 5

0 / 6

4-4

24-14 / 172-135

8-3 / 56-48

4-6 / 47-40

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






6-4

9-7 / 102-85 8-6 / 120-121

1-1 / 16-13 4-2 / 16-13

1-3 / 9-26 2-4 / 15-33

2-3 / 23-61 3-8 / 29-57





MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #29)

R64: d. BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #21) 3-6,7-6(6),6-2 (2h40)


vs. [6] CAROLINE GARCIA (FRA #6)

R64: BYE

Total games: 30

Won/lost: 16-14

Sets won/lost: 2-1





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RYBARIKOVA:

Montréal

Making fifth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup (sixth overall). Best result was QF run in 2013 (l. eventual

champion S.Williams)

During 2013 run, defeated No.7 seed Bartoli in the penultimate match of her career

In 1r this year, was two points away from defeat against Strycova before prevailing in 2h 43m

Faces No.6 Garcia today; owns nine career Top 10 wins, most recently against No.7 Ka.Pliskova at 2018

Birmingham

During last year’s North American hard court swing, made 2r at Toronto (l. Halep) and 3r at US Open (l.

Muguruza)

Currently the Slovak No.2, of four in Top 100 – also Cibulkova (No.25), Kuzmova (No.57) and Schmiedlova

(No.83)

Season

Grass court season highlighted by R-Up finish at Birmingham. Also made 2r exits at Nottingham (l. Barthel) and

Eastbourne (after 1r bye, ret. vs. Hsieh w/hip injury) and fell 1r at Wimbledon (l. Cirstea)

Clay campaign culminated with 3r effort at Roland Garros (l. Tsurenko)

Fell 1r at Madrid and Rome (l. Konta at both events)

Reached 2r on clay indoors at Stuttgart (l. Halep)

On hard courts, made QF run at Monterrey (l. Vickery) and suffered opening match defeats at Indian Wells (after

1r bye, l. Zhuk) and Miami (after 1r bye, l. Niculescu)


MATCH NOTES

MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA

2017

L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #2) R2 6-3 6-4

2015

L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #96) R1-Q 2-6 6-3 6-2

2014


2013

L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) QF 6-1 6-1

2009

L - ANA IVANOVIC (SRB #11) R1 2-6 6-3 6-2

CAROLINE GARCIA

2017


2016

R1 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #22) 2-6 6-3 6-3

2015

R1 L - JELENA JANKOVIC (SRB #23) 7-6(4) 6-2

2014

R2 L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-4 6-1

2013

R2-Q L - CHANELLE SCHEEPERS (RSA #68) 6-1 6-3


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Set career-high ranking of No.17 on March 5, 2018

Made 2r at Doha (ret. vs. Niculescu w/left hip injury)

Helped Slovakia record its first victory over Russia in Fed Cup – winning 3-1 in their World Group II first round tie

in Bratislava (d. Kalinskaya in only rubber contested)

Produced career-best R16 showing at Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki), surpassing three 2r

efforts (2014-16). Seeded (No.19) at a Grand Slam for just the second time in career; was No.31 seed at 2017 US

Open

Opened 2018 season with 1r exit at Sydney (l. Bellis)

Career

Posted first Top 20 season in 2017, at No.20, up from No.156 at end of 2016. Has registered eight Top 100

seasons

On October 23, 2017 overtook Cibulkova as the Slovak No.1

Was seeded No.1 at a WTA tournament for the first time, at 2017 Linz (l. Strycova in F)

Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2017, going 1-1 in group stage

Finished with 18-2 record on grass in 2017; in addition to SF at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Muguruza),

clinched two ITF singles titles at $100k ITF/Surbiton-GBR (d. Watson in F) and $100k ITF/Ilkley-GBR (d. Van

Uytvanck in F), and made SF run at Nottingham (l. eventual R-Up Konta)

Has won four career singles titles: 2009 Birmingham (d. Li Na in F), 2011 Memphis (d. Marino in F via ret.), 2012

Washington, DC (d. Pavlyuchenkova) and 2013 Washington, DC (d. Petkovic in F); also a four-time runner-up, at

2011 Guangzhou (l. Scheepers), 2014 New Haven (l. Kvitova), 2017 Linz (l. Strycova) and 2018 Birmingham (l.

Kvitova)

Prior to Roland Garros, played exclusively on ITF Circuit in 2017, clinching back-to-back titles at $80k ITF/Gifu-JPN

(d. Zhu in F) and $60k ITF/Fukuoka-JPN (d. Jang in F)

In March 2017, ranking fell as low as No.453 before reaching SF at $25k ITF/Istanbul 2-TUR (l. Tomova)

Missed second half of 2016 due to wrist and knee surgery. Left wrist injury was a long-standing problem;

hyperextended knee during match at $100k ITF/Trnava-SVK in May 2016

2016 campaign was highlighted by reaching QF at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Azarenka) – marked best

result at WTA Premier Mandatory level

Wins at Indian Wells were first back-to-back WTA main draw victories since July 2015 (at Istanbul) and first time

winning four matches in a row since reaching 2014 New Haven final (l. Kvitova)

Owns 9-26 lifetime record vs. Top 10 opponents, with wins over No.9 Kerber (2013 Washington), No.8 Bartoli

(2013 Toronto), No.2 Halep (2014 New Haven), No.8 Makarova (2015 Wimbledon), No.8 Bencic (2016 Indian

Wells), No.10 Vinci (2016 Indian Wells), No.2 Ka.Pliskova (2017 Wimbledon), No.10 Mladenovic (2017 Zhuhai) and

No.7 Ka.Pliskova (2018 Birmingham)

Owns one WTA doubles title – 2012 Budapest (w/Husarova); achieved a career-high doubles ranking of No.50 (6

June, 2011)

Slovak Fed Cup Team, 2005-2015, 2018

Made WTA main draw debut as a WC at 2006 Prague

Owns nine singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit

Grand Slam History

2018 Roland Garros marked 39th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam

In 2017, became first Slovak woman to reach SF at Wimbledon; previous best results were QF runs by Cibulkova

(2011, 2016) and Hantuchova (2002)

Became the 24th unseeded player to advance to a Grand Slam semifinal since 2001 Wimbledon (first Grand

Slam with 32 seeds), and the sixth at Wimbledon, after Zheng Jie (2008) Petra Kvitova (2010), Tsvetana Pironkova

(2010), Sabine Lisicki (2011) and Elena Vesnina (2016)

Produced career-best R16 showing in Melbourne at 2018 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki),

surpassing three 2r efforts (2014-16). Was seeded (No.19) at a Grand Slam for just the second time in career

(also No.31 seed at 2017 US Open)

Prior to 2017 Wimbledon, had never been beyond 3r at any major

In addition to reaching 3r at All England Club in 2015, has also reached that stage at US Open in 2008, 2009 and

2017 and at Roland Garros in 2018

Other Information

Born in Piestany, Slovakia and began playing tennis at age 8; moved to Bratislava at 15 to train at National

Tennis Centre

Coached by Peter Huber

Admires Roger Federer and Martina Hingis

Lucky charm is a toy turtle

GARCIA:

Montréal

• Making fifth Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall). Best result was last year’s QF run (l. Halep)



• Faces No.29 Rybarikova today. Six of 14 defeats in 2018 have been to players ranked outside Top 20: No.38 Cornet

(Brisbane), No.450 Rybakina (St. Petersburg), No.104 Riske (Miami), No.37 Cornet (Charleston), No.91 Kenin (Mallorca)

and No.56 Bencic (Wimbledon)

• Posted 5-3 record during 2017 North American hard court season, in addition to Rogers Cup run reaching 3r at US

Open (l. Kvitova) and falling 1r at Cincinnati (l. Vesnina)

• One of three French players in starting field (also Cornet and Mladenovic). Mauresmo was the last Frenchwoman to

win title here in 2004

Season



• Enjoyed a R16 result at Roland Garros (l. Kerber) improving her career win total in Paris to 10 – her most wins of any

Slam


• Reached SF at Madrid (l. Bertens). Also enjoyed a SF run at Stuttgart, her best result at the indoor clay event to date (l.

Vandeweghe)

• At Stuttgart, defeated No.41 Sharapova in 1r, 15-year-old Ukrainian Marta Kostyuk in 2r, and No.4 Svitolina in QF for

first Top 5 win of season







Career

• Enjoyed break-out year in 2017, ending season at then-career high No.8, winning her first titles at Premier 5 and

Premier-Mandatory level, and qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore

• Lifted two titles in 2017, winning Wuhan and Beijing back-to-back to improve record in WTA singles finals to 5-2. Title

runs saw her win 11 matches in a row. This was her joint-best win streak of career – also won 11 straight matches in

2014, winning title at Bogotá (5 wins), going 2-0 in Fed Cup action vs. USA, then reaching the QF at Madrid (4 wins)


• Wuhan marked first Premier 5 title of career, subsequently bettered by Beijing being first Premier Mandatory title of

career. Saved 1 match point in QF win vs. Svitolina en route to Beijing title

• Became third player to reach back‐to‐back finals in Wuhan and Beijing. The previous two were Kvitova in 2014 (Wuhan

WON, Beijing R‐Up) and Muguruza in 2015 (Wuhan R‐Up, Beijing WON)

• Qualified for 2017 WTA Finals in Singapore, reaching SF (l. V.Williams). Was first French woman through to contest the

season-ending event in singles since Mauresmo in 2006 (l. Henin in F)






• Member of French Fed Cup Team that advanced to 2016 final vs. Czech Republic – went 2‐0 in singles, posting wins

over Ka.Pliskova and Kvitova, although the Czechs won the tie, 3‐2

• Ended 2016 season with runner‐up finish at WTA 125K Series event at Limoges, France (l. Alexandrova in F), where she

was the defending champion

• In addition to winning 2016 Roland Garros, team of Garcia/Mladenovic also reached title match at 2016 US Open (l.

Mattek‐Sands/Safarova) among eight finals reached in 2016 – won at Charleston, Stuttgart and Madrid as well as

Roland Garros. Garcia is now 6‐10 in tour‐level doubles finals. Garcia/Mladenovic qualified for 2016 WTA Finals in

Singapore – advanced to semifinals (l. Mattek‐Sands/Safarova); duly finished season co‐ranked No.2, a new

career‐high for both players

• Owns 15 wins over Top 10 players in career: No.9 Jankovic (2014 Bogotá), No.8 Kerber (2014 Madrid), No.6

A.Radwanska (2014 Wuhan), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Monterrey), No.6 Ivanovic (2015 Indian Wells), No.6 Ivanovic (2015

Stuttgart), No.4 Kvitova (2015 Cincinnati), No.6 Ka.Pliskova (2016 Fed Cup final), No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Wuhan), No.3

Svitolina and No.2 Halep (both 2017 Beijing), No.4 Svitolina and No.6 Wozniacki (both 2017 WTA Finals), No.4 Svitolina

(2018 Stuttgart) and No.10 Stephens (2018 Rome)

• Won maiden singles title at 2014 Bogotá (d. Jankovic in F) and won the doubles (w/Arruabarrena), becoming first

player to win singles and doubles at same event since S.Williams at 2012 Olympics




Grand Slam History



• At Wimbledon, best result is R16 in 2017 (l. Konta) and also reached same stage at 2018 Australian Open (l. Keys) and

2018 Roland Garros (l. Kerber)




Other Information





MATCH NOTES

TATJANA MARIA (GER #81) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34)

Head to Head: TATJANA MARIA leads 2-1

2016 CLAY O R2 ALIZÉ CORNET 167 mins6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 ROLAND GARROS

2007 CLAY O QF TATJANA MARIA 3-6 7-5 6-0 CAGNES-SUR-MER

2006 HARD I R16 TATJANA MARIA 6-0 6-4 BIBERACH

TATJANA MARIA

81

100

08-08-1987 (30)

$378,771

$2,422,471

1 / 1

1 / 3

9-17 / 65-127

5-4 / 17-30

3-2 / 13-18

ALIZÉ CORNET

34

37

22-01-1990 (28)

$498,936

$6,384,415

1 / 6

0 / 3

5-6

18-16 / 274-264

3-5 / 93-88

5-1 / 56-55

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






0-0

7-8 / 160-154 1-11 / 19-63

1-0 / 3-2 1-1 / 21-16

1-0 / 3-7 2-3 / 16-47

2-1 / 5-18 3-4 / 35-96





Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration


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MARIA:

Montréal

Making main draw debut at the Rogers Cup, having previously fallen in qualifying in 2009 and 2017

Granted main draw berth after S.Williams’ late withdrawal

Faces Cornet in 1r today – three of their four career meetings have gone to three sets

One of 10 thirtysomethings contesting this year’s draw

Season

Comin off 1r exit at Washington DC (l. Putintseva)

Made 2r at Wimbledon (d. No.5 Svitolina, l. Mladenovic). After upset of Svitolina now owns a 3-7 career record against

Top 10 players; also defeated No.10 Li at 2010 Kuala Lumpur and No.7 Bouchard at 2015 Miami

Won first WTA singles title at Mallorca (d. No.20 Sevastova in F). Opened grass court swing with 1r exit at

‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Riske)

Went 2-4 on clay, reaching 2r at Charleston (l. Barty) and Bogotá (l. Seguel), and 1r exits at Strasbourg (l. eventual

champion Pavlyuchenkova) and Roland Garros (l. Flipkens)

Did not win a match at a WTA tournament in 2018 prior to Charleston, falling in 1r at Brisbane (l. Lucic-Baroni), Hobart

(l. Vekic), Australian Open (l. Sharapova), St. Petersburg (l. Potapova), Doha (l. Witthoeft), Budapest (l. Babos), Acapulco

(l. Voegele), Indian Wells (l. Martic) and Miami (l. Witthoeft)

Won third career WTA doubles title at Acapulco (w/Watson, d. Christian/Santamaria in F)

In February, helped Germany defeat Belarus in Fed Cup play; went 1-1 in singles (d. Lapko, l. Sabalenka) and won

doubles (w/Groenefeld, d. Marozava/Sabalenka)


MATCH NOTES

TATJANA MARIA

2017

L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #71) R2-Q 6-3 7-6(8)

2009

L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #58) R1-Q 6-3 6-4

ALIZÉ CORNET

2017


2016


2015


2014


2013


2010

R16-Q


2009



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Career

Clinched maiden WTA singles title at 2018 Mallorca (d. No.20 Sevastova in F)

Finished 2017 by cracking into the Top 50 for the first time in her career; jumped 69 spots from No.115 in 2016 to a

career-high No.46 in 2017

Played 33 tournaments in 2017, more than any other player, a feat all the more notable for the fact she was joined at

all but a few tournaments by her young daughter, Charlotte

Reached first career WTA SF of career at 2017 Québec City (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck); also made three QF

appearances across the season, at Rabat (l. Schiavone), Bucharest (l. Suárez Navarro) and Linz (l. Strycova), taking

number of career QF to seven (first was at 2009 Barcelona)

Posted just four tour-level wins in 2016; three coming on clay, during 2r appearances at Bogotá (l. Goncalves), Rabat (l.

Putintseva) and Roland Garros (l. Cornet)

In 2016, advanced to back-to-back doubles finals at Bogotá and Rabat – lifted the title at Bogotá (w/Arruabarrena) but

lost the Rabat final (w/Olaru). Bogotá doubles triumph was second WTA doubles title (also 2012 Québec City

w/Mladenovic)

Defeated No.10 Li at 2010 Kuala Lumpur for first career Top 10 victory, prior to posting career-best win by ranking

over No.7 Bouchard at 2015 Miami – owns a 2-7 lifetime record against Top 10 players

Owner of three WTA doubles titles at 2012 Québec City (w/Mladenovic), 2016 Bogotá (w/Arruabarrena) and 2018

Acapulco (w/Watson); owns 3-4 record in doubles finals

Winner of 15 singles – including two in 2017 – and 15 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2001 and made WTA main draw debut in 2006

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked her 25th Grand Slam main draw, having made her major debut at 2007 Wimbledon (l.

Kanepi in 1r)

Best result across the majors came at 2015 Wimbledon, where she reached 3r (d. Jovanovski and Duan, l. Keys)

Has reached 2r at the other three majors on multiple occasions – in 2017, reached 2r at three of four majors for first

time in career

Other Information

Husband and coach is Charles Edouard Maria (married April 8, 2013 – formerly Tatjana Malek)

Gave birth to daughter, Charlotte, on December 20, 2013 and was back on the tennis circuit by the following April

During pregnancy break, decided to switch from two-hander to one-handed backhand

Began playing at age 4 when introduced to tennis by parents

CORNET:

Montréal

Making seventh Rogers Cup main draw appearance (eighth overall)

Best results were R16 showings in 2013 (l. Errani) and 2015 (l. A.Radwanska)

Faces No.81 Maria today. Has lost to opponents ranked outside the Top 50 on nine occasions in 2018: No.88

Sasnovich (Brisbane), No.57 Buzarnescu (Hobart), No.139 Peterson (Acapulco), No.136 Zhuk (Indian Wells),

No.119 Voegele (Lugano), No.158 Kostyuk (Stuttgart – qualifying), No.74 Parmentier (Roland Garros), No.89

Bondarenko (Eastbourne) and No.217 Siegemund (Moscow)

One of three Frenchwomen in draw (also Garcia and Mladenovic)

Season


Siegemund)

On grass, made 2r at Birmingham (l. Svitolina) and fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Bondarenko) and Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova)


injury








Melbourne


R-Up Sasnovich)

Career











expected











Grand Slam History

Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as a 15‐year‐old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l.

Mauresmo)

Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner‐up


Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007‐08, 2013‐14)

Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque-Mariño in F)

2018 Wimbledon marked 47th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance – the longest streak among

active players. However, among active players also has the most Grand Slam appearances (49) without

reaching a quarterfinal

Other Information

Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent)

Currently coached by Simon Goffin


MATCH NOTES

[12] DARIA KASATKINA (RUS #12) vs. MARIA SAKKARI (GRE #31)

Head to Head: DARIA KASATKINA leads 1-0

2018 CLAY O R3 DARIA KASATKINA 97 mins6-1 1-6 6-3 ROLAND GARROS

DARIA KASATKINA

12

7

07-05-1997 (21)

$2,304,622

$4,600,275

0 / 1

0 / 1

32-18 / 104-67

10-7 / 36-25

7-4 / 17-16

MARIA SAKKARI

31

41

25-07-1995 (23)

$585,358

$1,524,986

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-0

17-15 / 38-44

3-6 / 11-18

5-1 / 12-6

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






4-2

10-8 / 21-25 13-8 / 63-42

2-3 / 7-7 1-2 / 2-4

7-6 / 12-20 1-0 / 2-4

10-9 / 21-31 4-5 / 5-12





Rnd Result Rnd Result Duration


DARIA KASATKINA

2017

L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) R2 7-6(4) 6-4

2016

L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #2) QF 6-2 6-2


KASATKINA:

Montréal

Making third Rogers Cup appearance. Best result was QF run on debut in 2016 (l. Kerber)

During 2016 run, upset No.18 Stosur and No.8 Vinci

Seeded at Rogers Cup for the first time this week

Faces Sakkari in 1r today. Defeated the Greek en route to maiden Grand Slam QF earlier this year at Roland Garros

Bidding for 33rd tour-level win of the season – only Kerber (39), Kvitova (38), Halep (37), Buzarnescu (35) and Mertens

(34) have more

One of five Russians in starting field at 2018 Montréal (also Makarova, Pavlyuchenkova, Sharapova and Zhuk)

Has the third-highest percentage points won on return this season (47.9%) – behind Halep (50.3%) and Kerber (48.5%)

Season

Coming off 2r exit on home soil at Moscow [River Cup] (l. Zidansek)

Matched best Grand Slam showing with QF run at Wimbledon (l. eventual champion Kerber). One of only two players

(also Kerber) to have reached at least R16 at all three Slams this season

Has reached at least QF on eight occasions this year; by contrast, advanced to last eight or further five times across

2017 season

Prior to Wimbledon, played at Birmingham for first time (l. Tsurenko in 2r) before reaching QF at Eastbourne (l. Kerber

in third set tie-break)

Clay season culminated with career-best performance at a major, when she advanced to QF at Roland Garros (l.

eventual R-Up Stephens)

Earned her sixth win over a Top 2 player this season when she ousted Wozniacki for the third time this season at

Roland Garros R16

Along with Sharapova, became the first Russian to reach the QF at Roland Garros since 2014 (Sharapova and

Kuznetsova)

Made 3r run at Rome (l. eventual champion Svitolina), which followed QF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova);

d. No.3 Muguruza in Madrid for 11th career Top 10 win (owns 12-19 career record)

Also made 1r exits in Prague (l. Paolini) and Stuttgart (l. Rybarikova)

Fell in QF as defending champion at Charleston (l. eventual R-Up Goerges)

Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Kenin in 3s)

Reached back-to-back finals at Dubai (l. Svitolina) and Premier Mandatory Indian Wells (l. Osaka). Is now 1-3 in WTA

singles finals, all coming at Premier-level or above

Notched her fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Top 20 wins of the season at Indian Wells – d. No.13 Stephens, No.2

Wozniacki, No.10 Kerber and No.8 V.Williams

Reached career-high ranking of No.11 following Indian Wells run (March 19, 2018)

Made Top 20 debut on February 26, 2018, at No.20

Retired in Doha 1r vs. Bellis (w/neck injury)

Made SF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Mladenovic); defeated No.1 Wozniacki in QF in straight sets to score

second career win over a reigning World No.1, the other coming over Kerber at 2017 Sydney

One of five players in WTA history to have multiple wins over World No.1s before their 21st birthday, others being:

V.Williams (9), S. Williams (8), Sharapova (4) and Kuznetsova (2)

Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Linette)

Began 2018 season with back-to-back 1r exits at Brisbane (l. Kanepi) and Sydney (l. Strycova)

Since start of 2017 record vs. Top 5 stands at 8-9, with wins over No.1 Kerber (2017 Sydney), No.2 Kerber (2017 Doha)

No.2 Halep (2017 Wuhan), No.1 Wozniacki (2018 St Petersburg), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Dubai), No.2 Wozniacki (2018

Indian Wells), No.3 Muguruza (2018 Madrid) and No.2 Wozniacki (2018 Roland Garros)

Career

Posted season-best finish of No.24 in 2017, up from No.27 in 2016

2017 season was highlighted by capturing first WTA singles title in debut final at Charleston, defeating fellow teenager

Ostapenko in F – the first all-teenage final on tour since 2009 Linz (Wickmayer d. Kvitova)

Reached second tour-level final at Moscow in 2017 (l. Goerges in F). Also finished R-Up in two WTA doubles finals at

2017 – at Tokyo [PPO] and Moscow (both w/Gavrilova)

2016 highlights included reaching second WTA SF at St Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Bencic) and QF stage at Indian

Wells (l. Ka.Pliskova), Charleston (l. eventual champion Stephens having held mps), Montreal (l. Kerber), Rio Olympics

(l. Keys) and Moscow (l. Goerges)

Reached first WTA SF at 2015 Moscow (l. Pavlyuchenkova, having recorded first Top 20 win over No.14 Suárez Navarro

in QF)

QF run at 2015 Bad Gastein (as qualifier) was first time reaching last eight at a WTA-level tournament

Won maiden WTA doubles title at 2015 Moscow (w/Vesnina)

Won five singles titles on ITF Circuit in 2015, taking total to seven

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2013 Moscow; made main draw debut as WC also at Moscow in 2014 (l. Riske 1r)

Grand Slam History


Earned best result at the majors with QF runs at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Stephens) and 2018 Wimbledon (l. eventual

champion Kerber) surpassing her previous-best R16 effort at 2017 US Open (l. Kanepi)

Reached 3r on her main draw debuts at all of the majors – 2015 US Open (l. Mladenovic), 2016 Australian Open (l.

eventual champion S.Williams), 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bertens) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. V.Williams)

In juniors, lifted the 2014 Roland Garros singles trophy

Other Information

Born and resides in Togliatty, Russia. Mother is Tatiana Timkovskaya and father is Sergey Kasatkin

Began playing tennis at age six when older brother, Alexsandr Timkovskii, introduced her to the game; he is now her

fitness trainer and travels with her

Currently attending Sport College in Samara, Russia; three years into a five-year degree

Loves football; favorite team is Barcelona FC

Coached by Philippe Dehaes; formerly coached by Vladimir Platenik

SAKKARI:

Montréal

Contesting Rogers Cup – main draw or qualifying – for the first time in her career

Faces No.12 Kasatkina in 1r today; owns five career Top 20 wins, against No.6 Wozniacki (2017 Wuhan), No.16

Vandeweghe (2018 Indian Wells), No.15 Bertens, No.5 Ka.Pliskova (both 2018 Rome) and No.14 V.Williams (2018

San Jose)

Playing 2018 Montréal at career-high No.31 in the rankings

During North American hard court swing last year, fell in qualifying at New Haven and reached 3r at US Open (l.

V.Williams)

Season

Coming off R-Up finish at San Jose (l. Buzarnescu) – her first tour-level final

Entered 2018 San Jose on a four-match losing streak, which began with 3r loss at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina)

and stretched to Birmingham (Goerges), Eastbourne (Kuznetsova) and Wimbledon (l. Kenin)

3r run at Roland Garros marked joint-best result at a Slam, and best result in Paris. Has now reached 3r at all

four Majors – also 2017 Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta) and 2017 US Open (l.

V.Williams)

Entered Paris after 3r run at Rome – d. No.15 Bertens and No.5 Ka.Pliskova before falling to No.12 Kerber

Defeat of No.5 Ka.Pliskova in Rome 2r was first career Top 5 win

Had 1r exit in Madrid (l. eventual runner-up Bertens)

Reached SF in Istanbul (l. Hercog), her first semifinal appearance of 2018 and first since 2017 Wuhan

Made 3r at Miami. Upset a pair of opponents ranked above her, No.49 Krunic in 1r and No.28 Kontaveit in 2r; run

helped her return to Top 50

Enjoyed a R16 run at Indian Wells (l. Osaka in 3s – was the only player to take a set off eventual champion)

Made 2r exit at Acapulco (l. eventual R-Up Voegele). 1r defeat of Arruabarrena was first main draw win of 2018

During Middle Eastern swing, made 1r exit at Doha (l. Cirstea) and fell in Dubai qualifying

Began 2018 season with 1r exit at Shenzhen (l. Kovinic) followed by 1r qualifying defeat at Sydney (l. Cepede Royg). Fell

in 1r at Australian Open (l. Siniakova) and St. Petersburg (l. Goerges)

Career

Registered second-consecutive Top 100 year-end finish in 2017, finishing at No.52 – the highest year-end finish by a

Greek player since Daniilidou in 2007 (No.43) and the only Greek player to record a Top 100 finish in the last seven

years (since No.90 Daniilidou in 2011)

Notched a then-career best win and first Top 10 victory of career over No.6 Wozniacki en route to first WTA SF of

career at 2017 Wuhan Open – became just second qualifier to reach Premier-level SF in 2017 (Mertens at New Haven)

Enjoyed a career-best year at the majors, progressing to 3r for first time on three different occasions: Australian Open

(l. Lucic Baroni), Wimbledon (l. Konta) and US Open (l. V.Williams)

Broke into Top 50 for first time at No.49 on October 9, 2017

Reached first career WTA QF at 2016 Istanbul after qualifying to enter main draw (l. Kovinic) – at the time, achieved

best win‐by‐ranking defeating No.34 Schmiedlova in 1r

Elsewhere, played mainly ITF for first half of 2016 season, falling in qualifying at Brisbane, Hobart, Rio de Janeiro,

Monterrey, Indian Wells, Madrid and Roland Garros before making 2r at Wimbledon main draw (d. S.Zheng, l.

V.Williams in 3s). After Wimbledon, only other main draw win in 2016 came in 2r showing at Tashkent (d. Schmiedlova,

l. Flipkens)

Also played main draw again at 2016 Gstaad (l. Kontaveit in 1r), New Haven (as qualifier. L. Rodina 1r), Tokyo [Japan

Open] (l. Putintseva), Seoul (l. S.Zhang) and Hong Kong (l. World No.1 Kerber)

Opened 2016 by falling in qualifying at Brisbane and Hobart and 2r 2016 Australian Open (posted first Grand Slam

main draw win vs. Y.Wang, l. Suarez Navarro)

Owns seven ITF Circuit singles titles and five in doubles

Made WTA qualifying debut at 2012 Palermo

Made debut on ITF Circuit in 2010 at $10k ITF/Mytilino‐GRE. Owns seven singles and five doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Grand Slam History


Has reached 3r at all four of the majors – at 2017 Australian Open (l. Lucic-Baroni), 2017 Wimbledon (l. Konta), 2017

US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2018 Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina)

3r run at 2017 Australian Open saw her become first Greek woman to reach the 3r at a Slam since Daniilidou at 2005

Wimbledon (l. Pennetta)

At 2016 Australian Open, reaching 2r, (d. Y.Wang, l. Suárez Navarro) became the first woman from Greece to win a

main draw match at a Slam since Daniilidou d. Ka.Pliskova at 2013 Australian Open

At all Grand Slams, Daniilidou reached R16 at 2002 Wimbledon, 2003 Australian Open and 2004 US Open

Other Information

Born and grew up in Athens, Greece, before moving to Barcelona aged 18 – has trained there for two years

Mother, Angeliki Kanellopoulou, was tennis player too, however didn’t start because of her – just liked the sport. Tried

karate and gymnastics but was thrown out of class for laughing too much


MATCH NOTES

[WC] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) vs. [Q] KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #47)


FRANCOISE ABANDA

191

318

05-02-1997 (21)

$40,020

$446,364

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-0 / 9-19

0-0 / 3-5

0-0 / 1-5

KIRSTEN FLIPKENS

47

42

10-01-1986 (32)

$447,936

$4,261,650

0 / 1

1 / 3

3-3

17-13 / 179-188

10-2 / 68-56

8-3 / 54-40

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






1-4

5-6 / 111-113 0-0 / 4-13

0-0 / 1-1 2-1 / 15-18

0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 5-26

0-0 / 0-6 1-4 / 11-55





Rnd Result Duration Rnd Result Duration


FRANCOISE ABANDA

2017


2016


2015


2014


2012


6-0 6-3

KIRSTEN FLIPKENS

2017

R2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) 7-5 6-2

2014

R1 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #31) 6-0 4-6 6-2

2013

R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-0 6-3


from

ABANDA:

Montréal Making fifth Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall); one of four wildcards in draw (also Azarenka and

fellow Canadians Bouchard and Zhao)

Only main draw win came in 2016 when she reached 2r (d. S.Zheng, l. Svitolina). Fell 1r in 2014 (l. Cibulkova), 2015

(l. Petkovic) and 2017 (l. Safarova)

Best result by a wildcard at Rogers Cup were both by Seles, who won the title in 1995 and 1997

Faces No.47 Flipkens today; most recent Top 50 victory came over No.31 Putintseva during Canada’s 3-2 Fed Cup

World Group play-off win over Kazakhstan in April 2017

2018 Toronto is the 16th tour level main draw tournament of her career; previous appearances came at


Québec City (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Roland Garros (2017) and Wimbledon (2017) – best result was QF run at

2017 Québec City

Season Suffered 2r exit in opening summer hard court tournament, at $60K ITF/Ashland, KY-USA


On clay, contested qualifying at Roland Garros and Charleston. Also made QF at $60k ITF/Indian Harbour Beach,

FL-USA and 2r at $100k ITF/Trnava-SVK

Suffered qualifying exits at Indian Wells and Miami. On ITF Circuit, reached 2r at $100k ITF/Midland, MI-USA and

$25k ITF/Surprise, AZ-USA







Is 0-6 in her career to date vs. Top 20 opponents: l. No.12 Cibulkova (2014 Montréal), No.19 V.Williams (2014

Québec City), No.16 Petkovic (2015 Toronto), No.20 Svitolina (2016 Montréal), No.12 Wozniacki (2017 Roland

Garros) and No.13 Ostapenko (2017 Wimbledon)




ITF/Redding, CA-USA

Other ITF Circuit title came in January 2014 at $25k ITF/Port St Lucie, FL-USA; also owns two doubles titles at this

level


Made Fed Cup debut for Canada in February 2015, falling to Ka.Pliskova in World Group 1r, but posted then-best

career win over No.33 Begu of Romania in World Group play-offs in April 2015







world

Grand Slam History Best result are 2r showings at 2017 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier,

Ostapenko)



Other Information Began playing tennis at age seven after her elder sister Élisabeth began playing two years earlier; Élisabeth also

played tennis professionally and is a student at Barry University





FLIPKENS:

Montréal

Making fourth appearance at Rogers Cup. Best result was R16 showing on debut in 2013 (d. V.Williams in 1r, l.

eventual champion S.Williams)

Won 10 of the last 12 games to defeat Sestini Hlavackova in the final round of qualifying


Faces No.191 Abanda in 1r today; has lost three times to players ranked outside the Top 100 in 2018, against

No.185 Chiesa at St. Petersburg (qualifying), No.130 Lapko at Lugano and No.105 Riske at Nürnberg

Arrives in Montréal in good form, compiling a 15-4 record since mid-May, highlighted by R-Up finish at

's-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic)

One of three Belgian women to begin main draw here; also Mertens and Van Uytvanck

Season

Finished impressive grass court campaign by reaching 2r at Wimbledon (l. Ostapenko)

Entered Wimbledon having won both singles and doubles titles at $100k ITF/Southsea-GBR – d. British No.3

Boulter in F

R-Up at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic in final), taking record in WTA singles finals to 1-3; also reached final in doubles

at 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Bertens) – career doubles final record now stands at 3-5

Clay court season culminated with 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) and SF run at Nürnberg – defeated

defending champion Bertens in QF before falling to eventual R-Up Riske

After beating No.18 Bertens now has 11 career wins over Top 20 opponents – is 1-4 in 2018

Also doubles finalist at Nürnberg (w/Larsson). Lost to Schuurs/Srebotnik in F

Achieved career-high doubles ranking of No.35 this season (achieved April 16, 2018)

Fell in qualifying at Madrid

Made 1r exit at Istanbul (l. Errani) and 3r run at Rabat (l. Tomljanovic)

Reached QF at Lugano (l. qualifier Lapko); also won third career doubles title there with countrywoman Mertens

(d. Lapko/Sabalenka in F).

Scored one match win across the Sunshine Double in March; fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Makarova) but reached 2r at

Miami (l. Konta)

Fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Makarova)

Reached 2r at Budapest before falling to eventual runner-up Cibulkova. Also R-Up in doubles (w/Larsson, l. Garcia

Perez/Stollar)

Fell in qualifying at St Petersburg

Came within two points of defeat before defeating Riske in 1r of Australian Open, falling in 2r to Rybarikova in 3s

Began season with a three-set victory over No.54 Vekic in Auckland, before falling in 2r to Hercog. Battled through

qualifying to reach R16 in Hobart before withdrawing due to shoulder pain before her match against Riske

Career

Including runner-up finish at 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic) owns 1-3 record in WTA singles finals; also finished

runner-up at 2016 Monterrey (l. Watson) and 2013 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Halep); title came at 2012 Québec City (d.

Hradecka in F)

2017 marked eighth Top 100 season in past eight years, including a Top 20 finish in 2013 (at No.20)

Highlights of 2017 season in singles included QF runs at Acapulco (l. Mladenovic) and New Haven (l. Gavrilova)

Won second WTA doubles title of career at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Cibulkova, d. Bertens/Schuurs in F). Also reached

doubles final twice in 2017, at Nürnberg (w/ Larsson, l. Melichar/Smith in F) and Luxembourg (w/ Bouchard, l.

Kerkhove/Marozava in F)

Posted 24 main draw match wins in 2016, the most since 2013 when she won 32 matches

Reached QF at 2016 New Haven (as LL, l. eventual champion A.Radwanska) – marked first QF at Premier level in

two years, since her run to same stage at 2014 New Haven. Also a quarterfinalist at International-level Auckland,

Katowice and Tashkent in 2016

Represented Belgium at Rio Olympics, advancing to R16 in singles (l. Siegemund) – upset No.6 V.Williams in 1r –

and reaching 2r in doubles (w/Wickmayer, l. Muguruza/Suárez Navarro)

Won first WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Seoul (w/Larsson)

Underwent surgery on right wrist on October 25, 2010. Battled injuries in first half of 2012, including blood clots in

calf discovered in April; off tour for two months causing ranking to dropp as low as No.262 in June that year

Set career-high singles ranking of No.13 on August 5, 2013

Owns two Top 5 career wins, against No.2 Muguruza at 2016 Mallorca and No.5 Stosur at 2012 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Member of the Belgian Fed Cup team that reached the competition’s final in 2006. Also played 2003-13, 2015-17

On ITF Circuit won 13 singles and one doubles title; played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2001

Junior champion at 2003 Wimbledon (d. Chakvetadze in F) and 2003 US Open (d. Krajicek in F); subsequently

named ITF Junior World Champion

Grand Slam History


Best Grand Slam result to date came at 2013 Wimbledon after defeating No.8 Kvitova in three sets to advance to

the SF (l. eventual champion, No.15 Bartoli)

Enjoyed best Grand Slam year in 2013, when she reached R16 at Australian Open (l. No.2 Sharapova), 2r at Roland

Garros (l. Schiavone), and SF at Wimbledon (l. Bartoli)

Achieved best US Open result in 2009 when she advanced to 3r (l. fellow Belgian Clijsters)

Has reached 2r – but never further – on seven occasions at Roland Garros

Other Information

Began playing tennis at age four

Speaks four languages: English, Dutch, French, and German

Coached by Maxime Braeckman


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ROGERS CUP – FIRST ROUND (MONDAY)

Central TIMEA BABOS (HUN #38) vs. [10] JULIA GOERGES (GER #10)

Series tied 1-1 Goerges won when the pair met this year at Madrid… Babos owns one career Top 10 win… Goerges

seeded for the first time in seven Rogers Cup appearances

[9] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #9) vs. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52) Pliskova leads 1-0

Pliskova won only previous meeting in Prague in 2016… Siniakova lost last match on tour to Pliskova’s twin sister Kristyna… Pliskova fell in QF at last year’s Rogers Cup

[Q] CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #124) vs. [13] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #14) First meeting

Dolehide playing a Top 20 opponent for just the fourth time in her career… Williams a runner-up here in 2014… Dolehide one of two teenagers in the main draw

MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) vs. [Q] SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #229) Sharapova leads 4-0

Sharapova won players’ most recent encounter at 2010 Birmingham… Karatantcheva playing first WTA main draw in over a year… Sharapova has risen over 100 places in the rankings in past 12 months

[WC] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) vs. [Q] KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #47) First meeting

Abanda playing first Top 50 opponent of season… Flipkens has won 15 of her past 19 matches on tour… Abanda has one win in four previous Rogers Cup main draw appearances

Banque Nationale TATJANA MARIA (GER #81) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34)

Maria leads 2-1 Cornet won previous meeting in nearly three hours at 2016 Roland Garros… Maria granted main draw

berth after S.Williams’ withdrawal… Cornet has lost nine times to players ranked outside Top 50 in 2018



MATCH NOTES

TIMEA BABOS (HUN #38) vs. [10] JULIA GOERGES (GER #10)


2018 CLAY O R1 JULIA GOERGES 79 mins6-2 6-4 MADRID

2017 HARD I SF TIMEA BABOS 81 mins7-5 6-1 BUDAPEST

TIMEA BABOS

38

49

10-05-1993 (25)

$974,408

$5,097,523

1 / 3

2 / 18

17-17 / 112-136

3-8 / 37-54

3-6 / 33-45

JULIA GOERGES

10

11

02-11-1988 (29)

$1,459,368

$8,094,443

1 / 5

0 / 5

2-5

31-15 / 268-223

8-4 / 77-79

11-2 / 60-67

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






1-3

13-5 / 152-132 15-9 / 75-79

0-1 / 6-13 2-6 / 13-25

1-3 / 1-19 2-3 / 16-35

1-5 / 8-39 6-4 / 33-71





Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


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BABOS:

Montréal

Making fourth main draw Rogers Cup appearance (fifth overall)

Only main draw win at the tournament came during last year’s 2r showing (d. WC Andreescu, l. A.Radwanska)

Faces No.10 Goerges in 1r today; won their only previous hard court encounter, en route to 2017 Budapest title

Owns 1-3 record against Top 10 players in 2018: d. No.9 Vandeweghe at Australian Open – first Top 10 win of

career – and l. No.5 Ostapenko (Miami), No.3 Muguruza (Monterrey) and No.7 Garcia (Rome)

Posted an impressive 14-8 record on hard courts earlier this season, including two finals appearances at Taipei

City (WON) and Monterrey (R-Up)

No.3 seed in doubles with Mladenovic (after 1r bye, face H.Chan/Yang or Abanda/Maria in 2r). Contesting first

doubles draw since becoming the new WTA World No.1 in doubles (July 16, 2018)

Only Hungarian in the main draw this week

Season

Coming off 2r showing at San Jose (l. eventual R-Up Sakkari)

Made 1r exits at Birmingham (l. Buzarnescu), Eastbourne (l. A.Radwanska) and Wimbledon (l. Tsurenko); 1r exit

at Wimbledon was tempered however by ascending to be the new WTA World No.1 in doubles (July 16, 2018)

Is first Hungarian to reach the top spot (man or woman) in singles or doubles

Recorded 2r results in Rome (l. Garcia) and Strasbourg (l. Diyas) before a 1r loss at Roland Garros (l.

Arruabarrena)

Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Rabat (l. Dulgheru) and Madrid (l. Goerges)


MATCH NOTES

TIMEA BABOS

2017

L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #10) R2 6-0 6-1

2016

L - VANIA KING (USA #120) R1 6-4 3-6 7-6(5)

2015

L - YAROSLAVA SHVEDOVA (KAZ #108) R1-Q 7-6(5) 6-1

2012

L - MONA BARTHEL (GER #37) R1 6-4 5-7 7-6(5)

JULIA GOERGES

2017

R1 L - CATHERINE BELLIS (USA #36) 4-6 6-3 6-2

2015

R2 L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #14) 7-5 6-3

2014

R2-Q L - MONICA PUIG (PUR #67) 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4

2013

R1 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #12) 2-6 6-4 6-3

2012

R1 L - TAMIRA PASZEK (AUT #43) 6-2 6-1

2011

R2 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #80) 6-1 7-6(7)


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Advanced to doubles final at Madrid (w/Mladenovic, l. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

Reached eighth career final at Monterrey (l. Muguruza in F in 3s); is now 3-5 in WTA finals

Made 2r showing at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko) after 1r exit at Indian Wells (l. Bencic)

Reached 2r at home event in Budapest (as defending champion, l. Barthel)

Fell 1r at Doha (l. Mertens) after lifting third WTA singles title at Taipei City (d. Kozlova in F)

At Australian Open, claimed career first Top 10 win over No.9 Vandeweghe in 1r (l. Suarez Navarro in 1r)

Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at Melbourne Park (w/Mladenovic, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

Started off 2018 campaign with QF showing at Shenzhen (l. Begu) prior to 1r exit at Hobart (l. Tsurenko)

Career

Sixth straight Top 100 season in 2017, finishing at No.57 in singles and rising to a career-high of No.7 in doubles

Reached a career-high three singles finals (R-Up at Quebec City and Tashkent), capturing the second WTA

singles title of her career on home soil in Budapest (d. Safarova in F)

Produced an impressive season on the doubles court, claiming a career-high six titles, including hoisting the

trophy at the WTA Finals in Singapore (w/Hlavackova)

Finished 2016 ranked No.26 – just one spot shy of her career-high ranking of No.25 (September 19, 2016)

Qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai; fell in round robin stage (0-2) to No.18 Bacsinszky and No.28 S.Zhang

Reached third singles final of career at 2016 Florianopolis (l. Begu in F). Other 2016 highlights included SF

appearances at Shenzhen (l. Riske) and Rabat, and QF runs at St Petersburg (l. eventual champion Vinci),

Katowice (l. Ostapenko), Cincinnati (l. Muguruza) and Moscow (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova)

Qualified for the 2016 WTA Finals in doubles w/Shvedova – fell in 1r (l. Mattek-Sands/Safarova); also qualified for

2015 WTA Finals w/Mladenovic – pair exited at RR stage

2015 season was highlighted by a runner-up finish at Marrakech (l. Svitolina in F), winning the WTA 125K Series

event in Taipei (d. Doi in F), and three doubles titles, at Dubai, Marrackech and Rome (all w/Mladenovic)

Highest ranked opponent beaten in career to date is No.9 Vandeweghe at 2018 Australian Open 1r

Received WC into first WTA event of career at 2010 Budapest (l. Bacsinszky in 1r)

On ITF Circuit, has won 13 singles and 10 doubles titles

Hungarian Fed Cup Team, 2011-15 and 2017; Hungarian Olympic Team, 2012, 2016

In juniors, was three-time doubles Grand Slam champion (2010 Roland Garros/Wimbledon/US Open – all

w/Sloane Stephens) and two-time runner-up (2009 Roland Garros, 2010 Australian Open)

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked 24th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Reached 3r at a major for the first time in

her career at 2016 US Open (l. Halep)

Has reached 2r – but no further – at other three majors: Australian Open (2016, 2018), Wimbledon (2012, 2015,

2016) and Roland Garros (2016, 2018)

Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 Australian Open (w/Mladenovic, d. Makarova/Vesnina in F)

Two-time Grand Slam doubles runner-up, at 2014 Wimbledon (w/Mladenovic, l. Errani/Vinci) and 2016

Wimbledon (w/Shvedova, l. S.Williams/V.Williams)

Mixed doubles runner-up at 2015 Wimbledon (w/Peya l. Hingis/Paes in F)

Other Information

Father's name is Csaba; mother's name is Zsuzsanna; sister is Susie; started playing at age 8

Tennis idol is Elena Dementieva

Coached by Thomas Drouet

GOERGES:

Montréal

Making sixth main draw appearance at Rogers Cup (seventh overall), where her best results are 2r showings in

2011 (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2015 (as LL, l. A.Radwanska)

Ranked and seeded No.10 this week – first time she has been seeded at Rogers Cup

Faces No.38 Babos in 1r; eight of 15 defeats in 2018 have come to players ranked outside Top 30

During last year’s North American hard court season, was R-Up at Washington DC, fell 1r at Toronto, reached QF

at Cincinnati and finally R16 at US Open

Passed the 300-ace threshold for the second consecutive season at Wimbledon. Currently leads the tour on 318,

ahead of Ka.Pliskova on 254

Season

Coming off QF exit at Moscow [River Cup] (l. eventual champion Danilovic)

Reached maiden Grand Slam SF at Wimbledon (l. S.Williams)

Went 2-2 on grass in lead-up to Wimbledon, reaching QF at Birmingham (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and

dropping 2r opener at Eastbourne (after 1r bye, l. eventual runner-up Sabalenka)

Notched a pair of Top 50 wins over Cibulkova and Van Uytvanck, before falling in 3r at Roland Garros (l. today’s

opponent S.Williams)

Suffered 1r exit at Nürnberg (l. Kr.Pliskova in 3s) in final tune-up before Roland Garros

Reached 3r in Madrid (l. Garcia) and withdrew from Rome due to illness

Began clay court swing at Charleston – finished as R-Up (l. Bertens). Career record in WTA singles finals now

stands at 5-8

Also made 1r exit at Stuttgart (l. Vondrousova)

Part of Germany team that lost 3-2 to Czech Republic in Stuttgart; went 1-1 in singles (d. Ka.Pliskova, l. Kvitova)

Suffered 2r loss to countrywoman Witthoeft in Miami. Made 3r exit in Indian Wells (l. Sevastova)

Reached QF at Doha before retiring in her match against Kvitova due to a hip injury

Made her Top 10 debut on February 5, 2018 after SF run at St Petersburg (l. eventual champion Kvitova in 3s)

Reached 2r at Australian Open (l. Cornet) – result ended 15-match winning streak

Began 2018 campaign with fifth title of career at Auckland (d.Wozniacki in F) – extended title streak to three,

having previously won Moscow and Zhuhai to close out 2017 season

Career

Registered then-career-high ranking and best year-end finish in 2017, at No.14. Second Top 20 finish of career

(also No.18 in 2012)

Reached a career-high five finals in 2017 season, winning Moscow (d. Kasatkina in F) and biggest title of career at

WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai (d. Vandeweghe in F). Finished R-Up at Mallorca (l. Sevastova), Bucharest (l. Begu) and

Washington, DC (l. Makarova)

Moscow title was first since 2011 Stuttgart, having also won 2010 Bad Gastein

By winning 2017 Moscow, overtook Kerber to become German No.1 and also returned to Top 20 for first time

since February 2013

Hit 412 aces across 2017 season. Only two other players have reached the 400‐ace mark in a season: S.Williams

(2012‐15) and Ka.Pliskova (2014‐17)

Owns a 5-8 record in WTA singles finals; is 5-11 in WTA doubles finals, most recently winning at 2015 New Haven

(w/Hradecka)

Opened 2016 by reaching first WTA singles final in nearly four years, finishing runner-up at Auckland (l. Stephens).

Was first final since 2012 Dubai

Enjoyed best doubles season to date in 2016, reaching final at Indian Wells (w/Ka.Pliskova) and qualifying for the

WTA Finals for the first time. Set new career-high doubles rank of No.12 on August 22, 2016

In 2011, posted wins over World No.1 Wozniacki in consecutive weeks (Stuttgart final and Madrid)

Made WTA main draw debut as a qualifier at 2007 Doha

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Germany in 2005

Member of German Fed Cup team 2008, 2010-18

Grand Slam History

Posted best Grand Slam result at 2018 Wimbledon, where she reached SF (l. S.Williams). With Kerber winning title

at All England Club this year, it marked the first time that two Germans reached the last four at the same Slam

since 1993 Roland Garros – Huber (SF) and Graf (Champion)

Previously had reached R16 – but never further – on five occasions, at Australian Open (2012-13 and 2015), Roland

Garros (2015) and US Open (2017)

Made main draw debut at 2007 US Open, negotiating qualifying before losing to eventual champion Henin in 1r

In doubles, is a three-time semifinalist, at Australian Open (2015 w/Groenefeld and 2016 w/Ka.Pliskova) and

Wimbledon (2016 w/Ka.Pliskova)

Reached first Grand Slam final of any kind at 2014 Roland Garros, finishing runner-up in mixed doubles

(w/Zimonjic; l. Groenefeld/Rojer)

Other Information

Born in Bad Oldesloe. Father is Klaus, mother is Inge; older sister is Maike

Began playing tennis aged 6. Tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis

Fan of winter sports, especially biathlon (cross country skiing combined with shooting)

Coached by Michael Geserer and Matthias Mischka. Physio and fitness coach is Florian Zitzelsberger


MATCH NOTES

[9] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #9) vs. KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #52)

Head to Head: KAROLINA PLISKOVA leads 1-0

2016 CLAY O R16 KAROLINA PLISKOVA 75 mins6-2 6-4 PRAGUE

KAROLINA PLISKOVA

9

8

21-03-1992 (26)

$1,742,839

$12,578,230

1 / 10

0 / 5

31-13 / 239-132

11-2 / 76-41

9-5 / 51-53

KATERINA SINIAKOVA

52

46

10-05-1996 (22)

$1,406,990

$3,643,171

0 / 2

2 / 4

1-1

17-15 / 75-85

9-9 / 31-34

3-5 / 15-17

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






4-4

8-7 / 39-50 14-6 / 166-84

6-2 / 21-18 2-3 / 4-8

3-4 / 23-33 0-4 / 3-12

5-7 / 46-61 1-5 / 8-22





Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Duration


KAROLINA PLISKOVA

2017

L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #6) QF 7-5 6-7(3) 6-4

2016

L - SIMONA HALEP (ROU #5) R16 6-3 6-3

2015

L - MIRJANA LUCIC-BARONI (CRO #51) R1 3-6 7-6(5) 6-2

2014


2013

L - GABRIELA DABROWSKI (CAN #212) R1-Q 6-4 6-2

KATERINA SINIAKOVA

2017

R2 L - VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #9) 7-5 7-5


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KA.PLISKOVA:

Montréal

Making fifth main draw appearance at the Rogers Cup (sixth overall). Best result was 2017’s QF run (l. Wozniacki)

Seeded for the fourth consecutive occasion at the Rogers Cup

Faces fellow Czech Siniakova in 1r; has posted 8-1 record against her compatriots over the past two years, with

sole defeat coming against Kvitova at 2018 Madrid

Owns six career WTA singles titles on hard courts, at 2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Seoul, 2014 Linz, 2016 Cincinnati,

2017 Brisbane and 2017 Doha

Entering 2018 Rogers Cup has hit 254 aces in 42 matches this season – the second-most on tour behind Goerges

(318 in 44)

Playing first tournament since marrying boyfriend Michal Hrdlicka

Season

Reached R16 for first time at Wimbledon (l. Bertens) and made QF run at Eastbourne (as defending champion, l.

Sabalenka – led 4-1 in final set)

In only other grass court outing, made 1r exit at Birmingham (l. eventual R-Up Rybarikova) – her second opening

round exit of 2018 following Rome (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari)

Reached 3r at Roland Garros, defeating compatriots Krejcikova and Safarova before falling to Sharapova

Made SF at Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and fell 2r at Rome (l. Sakkari)

Won 10th career title at Stuttgart (d. Vandeweghe in final). Now 10-10 record in WTA singles finals

Went 1-1 in singles (d. Kerber, l. Goerges) to help Czech Republic reach its sixth Fed Cup final in the past eight

years with a 4-1 win over Germany. The Czechs will host the USA in November’s final

Posted QF showings at Indian Wells (l. eventual champion Osaka) and Miami (l. Azarenka)

Reached QF at Dubai (l. Kerber) and made 3r exit at Doha (l. Bellis)

Nominated for Czech Republic’s Fed Cup World Group I QF tie vs. Switzerland – but did not play a singles or

doubles match due to illness

Advanced to QF in first Grand Slam of the year at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep)

Began 2018 season in Brisbane; as defending champion, advanced to SF (l. eventual champion Svitolina)

Career

Enjoyed another stellar campaign in 2017, posting career-best year-end finish at No.4 for second Top 10 finish.

Year-end ranking has improved continuously for 12-straight seasons

Claimed No.1 ranking on July 17, 2017 despite making 2r exit at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova). Is the first Czech

woman to achieve the No.1 ranking since the computer rankings were introduced in 1975 (Martina Navratilova

became No.1 on July 10, 1978 while representing USA)

Won three titles in 2017, at Brisbane (d. Cornet in F), Doha (d. Wozniacki in F) and Eastbourne (d. Wozniacki in F)

Qualified for WTA Finals for second year-in-a-row, reaching SF stage (l. eventual champion Wozniacki)

In Grand Slam play, reached SF at Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up Halep), QF at both Australian Open (l. Lucic

Baroni) and US Open (l. Vandeweghe), and posted 2r result at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova)

Advanced to SF stage at Indian Wells (l. Kuznetsova) and Miami (l. Wozniacki). Results matched her best result at a

WTA Premier-Mandatory tournament (also reached SF at Indian Wells in 2016). Also reached SF at 2017 Cincinnati

(l. eventual champion Muguruza)

Led the WTA in 2017 for aces served – 452 from 68 matches. Also posted joint-second most match wins – 53

(level with Svitolina, behind Wozniacki – 60)

Holds a 10-10 record in singles finals, having won having titles on clay (2015 Prague, 2018 Stuttgart), grass (2016

Nottingham, 2017 Eastbourne) and hard (2013 Kuala Lumpur, 2014 Linz, 2014 Seoul, 2016 Cincinnati, 2017

Brisbane, 2017 Doha)

Career wins over Top 10 opponents stands at 23-33, most recent wins coming over No.9 Stephens and No.1

Halep at 2018 Madrid

Enjoyed a break-out year in 2016, ending the year at No.6 (up from No.11 in 2015)

Qualified for season-ending 2016 WTA Finals in Singapore, going 1-2 in the group stage and failing to progress.

Also contested the doubles competition (w/Goerges), losing opening match to top seeds Garcia/Mladenovic

Helped Czech Republic defend Fed Cup title in November 2016, going 1-1 in singles (d. Mladenovic, l. Garcia)

before teaming w/Strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match. Czech Republic have won the

Cup in five out of the last seven

Captured fifth career doubles title of career at 2016 Birmingham (w/Strycova). Is now 5-2 in doubles finals. At

2013 Linz, with sister Kristyna, became first set of twins to ever win a tour-level doubles title

Made Top 10 debut after 2015 Stanford R-Up finish, meaning that for the first time in WTA history, three Czech

women ranked inside Top 10 at the same time (along with Kvitova and Safarova)

Became eighth Czech woman to crack singles Top 10 since computer rankings were introduced in November

1975, after Navratilova, Mandlikova, Sukova, Novotna, Vaidisova, Kvitova and Safarova

Grand Slam History


Made debut at 2012 Roland Garros (l. Bartoli in 1r)

Advanced to career first Grand Slam final at 2016 US Open (l. Kerber), simultaneously making debut in R16, QF, SF

and title match at the majors. Became first Czech to reach US Open final since Helena Sukova in 1993 (l. Graf in F)

Defeat of No.1 S.Williams in 2016 US Open SF was career-best victory, and ended the American’s 186-week reign

at the top of the rankings. Became first Czech to defeat a World No.1 since Kvitova at 2015 Madrid (d. S.Williams).

Furthermore, defeat of V.Williams (R16) made her the eighth player to defeat the sisters at the same tournament

Is one of nine players born in 1990s to reach major final (also Bouchard, Halep, Keys, Kvitova, Muguruza,

Ostapenko, Stephens and Wozniacki)

At Australian Open, best results came with QF run in 2017 (l. Lucic-Baroni) and 2018 (l. Halep), while she also

posted deepest run at Roland Garros that year, advancing to SF (l. Halep)

Reached R16 at Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Bertens), after 2r exits in each of previous five years

Australian Open girls singles champion in 2010 – d. Robson in F

Other Information

Nominated for 2017 WTA Player of the Year; also nominated for the same award in 2016, in addition to WTA Most

Improved Player in 2014

Born in Louny, north of Prague, but now trains at Sparta Praha tennis club

Coached by Tomas Krupa since start of 2018 season. Had worked with Australian tennis legend Rennae Stubbs at

2017 Singapore. Parted ways with David Kotyza, former longtime coach of Petra Kvitova, after 2017 US Open

Married Michal Hrdlicka after 2018 Wimbledon

SINIAKOVA:

Montréal

Making second appearance at Rogers Cup. Fell 2r on debut in 2017 (l. V.Williams)

Faces No.9 Ka.Pliskova in 1r today; lost to twin sister Kr.Pliskova in her last match on tour (1r at Moscow [River Cup])

Owns three career Top 10 wins, over No.4 Halep and No.10 Konta (both 2017 Shenzhen) and No.6 Wozniacki (2017

Bastad)

Record against her compatriots in 2018 stands at 1-4, with only win coming over Kr.Pliskova in first tournament at

Shenzhen

One of six Czechs in the main draw, along with Krejcikova, Kvitova, Ka.Pliskova, Safarova and Strycova – the joint most

of any nation (also Romania)

Has played 18 three-set matches in 2018 – the second-most on tour behind Buzarnescu (19)

Playing doubles as No.1 seeds this fortnight (w/Krejcikova). After 1r bye, the pair plays Aoyama/Marozava or

Buzarnescu/Niculescu in 2r. Ream sit in pole position in Porsche Race to Singapore for WTA FInals

Season

Coming off 1r exit at Moscow [River Cup] (l. Kr.Pliskova) and in 2r showing at $80k ITF/Olomouc (l. Mrdeza)

Matched her best result at Wimbledon – and across all Slams – by reaching 3r (also did so at Wimbledon in 2016 (l.

A.Radwanska) and at Roland Garros earlier this year (l. Strycova)).

Tasted success in doubles at Wimbledon, lifting the title w/Krejcikova - team are the first pairing to complete the

Roland Garros-Wimbledon double since Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama won both titles in 2003 - 15 years ago. Became

the first team ever to win the girls’ (2013) and ladies’ (2018) doubles title at Wimbledon

Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.2 on July 16, 2018 following Wimbledon

Made 1r exit at Birmingham (l. Mladenovic in 3s)

Enjoyed a successful fortnight at Roland Garros, matching best Grand Slam singles run by reaching 3r (l. Strycova) and

lifting doubles title (w/Krejcikova, d. Hozumi/Ninomiya in F)

Defeated two-time Australian Open winner Azarenka in 1r at Paris – her first victory over a major champion at a Grand

Slam tournament

Made SF run at Nürnberg (l. eventual champion Larsson). Fell in Rome qualifying

Opened clay court swing with 1r exit at Charleston (l. Kr.Pliskova), then posted 1r exit in Madrid (l. Cirstea) and

reached QF in Prague (l. eventual champion Kvitova)

During “Sunshine Double”, reached 2r at Indian Wells (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina) and fell 1r at Miami (l. Larsson). Did

reach Miami final in doubles (w/Krejcikova, l. Barty/Vandeweghe)

Fell 1r at Doha (l. Osaka) and made QF at St. Petersburg (l. eventual R-Up Mladenovic)

Suffered 2r exit at Australian Open (d. Sakkari in 1r, l. Svitolina)

Fell 1r at Hobart (l. Riske) after a R-Up finish at Shenzhen (as defending champion, l. Halep in F). Also reached doubles

final at Shenzhen (w/Krejcikova, l. Begu/Halep)

Career

Achieved second straight Top 50 finish in 2017 (at No.49) – also finished at No.49 in 2016

Won first tour-level titles in 2017, at Shenzhen (d. Riske in F) and Bastad (d. Wozniacki in F). Earned first Top 5 win of

career over No.4 Halep en route to Shenzhen title

Career record in singles finals stands at 2-3

Was one of nine players to win at least two titles in 2017, along with Bertens (Nürnberg, Gstaad), Konta (Sydney,

Miami), Muguruza (Wimbledon, Cincinnati), Ostapenko (Roland Garros, Seoul), Pavlyuchenkova (Monterrey, Rabat,

Hong Kong), Ka.Pliskova (Brisbane, Doha, Eastbourne), Svitolina (Taipei City, Dubai, Istanbul, Rome, Toronto) and

Wozniacki (Tokyo [PPO], WTA Finals)

Reached a career-high singles ranking of No.36 on April 3, 2017

Enjoyed successful 2017 season in doubles, reaching five finals at Taipei City, Indian Wells, Charleston, Prague and US

Open, and SF at Roland Garros (all w/Hradecka); owns 4-9 career record in doubles finals

Earned first-ever qualification in doubles at WTA Finals in Singapore in 2017 (w/Hradecka), but forced to withdraw due

to injury from Hradecka

Outside of two singles titles won in 2017, won back-to-back matches on two occasions: Indian Wells (l. Wozniacki in 3r)

and Prague (l. Strycova in QF)

2016 season highlights included reaching first two WTA finals of career, at Bastad (as qualifier, l. Siegemund) and

Tokyo [Japan Open] (l. McHale)

At Premier level, best result of career to date is reaching SF at 2014 Moscow (as qualifier, d. Giorgi in QF, l. eventual

champion Pavlyuchenkova in SF)

Broke into Top 100 after that Moscow run and ended 2014 at No.74 for first Top 100 finish

On ITF Circuit has won seven singles titles and five doubles titles

Won WTA 125K Series doubles title at 2014 Limoges (w/Voracova)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2013 Miami (l. Muguruza)

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2012

Grand Slam History


Best results to date are 3r runs at Wimbledon 2016 (l. A.Radwanska), 2018 (l. Giorgi) and 2018 Roland Garros (l.

Strycova)

Only other wins came during 2r showings at 2015 and 2018 Australian Open and 2016 US Open

In doubles, lifted maiden Grand Slam trophy at 2018 Roland Garros (w/Krejcikova, d. Hozumi/Ninomiya in F). Also

tasted success in doubles at Wimbledon, lifting the title w/Krejcikova - team are the first pairing to complete the

Roland Garros-Wimbledon double since Kim Clijsters and Ai Sugiyama won both titles in 2003 - 15 years ago. Became

the first team ever to win the girls’ (2013) and ladies’ (2018) doubles title at Wimbledon

Also reached championship match at 2017 US Open (w/Hradecka, l. Chan/Hingis)

Junior highlights included R-Up in singles at 2013 Australian Open (l. Konjuh) and three Grand Slam doubles titles at

2013 Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open (all w/Krejcikova)

Other Information

Currently coached by Iain Hughes and father, Dmitri Siniakov (a businessman); has also worked with WTA legend

Helena Sukova

Mother's name is Hana Siniakova (accountant); younger brother is Daniel

Started playing tennis at age five; all-court player; favorite surface is hardcourt; favorite tournament is Australian

Open

Goal is to be World No.1


MATCH NOTES

[Q] CAROLINE DOLEHIDE (USA #124) vs. [13] VENUS WILLIAMS (USA #14)


CAROLINE DOLEHIDE

124

113

05-09-1998 (19)

$235,870

$334,570

0 / 0

0 / 0

4-5 / 6-7

3-2 / 3-3

2-1 / 2-1

VENUS WILLIAMS

14

39

17-06-1980 (38)

$845,549

$40,746,038

0 / 49

0 / 22

8-8

13-9 / 771-230

6-4 / 175-109

2-3 / 128-92

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






0-0

10-5 / 460-133 2-2 / 3-3

0-0 / 0-0 1-1 / 71-15

0-1 / 0-1 0-0 / 134-97

0-3 / 0-3 2-2 / 232-143





Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


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DOLEHIDE:

Montréal

Making debut appearance (main draw or qualifying) at Rogers Cup

Defeated higher-ranked Wickmayer and Puig in qualifying over the weekend


Faces No.14 V.Williams today; has played just three Top 20 opponents previously – losing to No.1 Halep at 2018 Indian

Wells, No.16 Sevastova at 2018 Miami and No.13 Keys at 2018 Roland Garros

In terms of ranking, best career win was against No.30 Cibulkova at 2018 Indian Wells

At 19, is one of two teenagers in the draw this week (also Zhuk, 18)

Season

Began US hard court season with 1r exit at Washington DC (l. eventual R-Up Vekic) and QF at $60k ITF/Ashland, KY-USA

Fell 1r on Wimbledon debut (as LL, l. Gavrilova). Contested qualifying in other grass court outing at Birmingham

Reached career-high ranking of No.102 after Wimbledon (July 16, 2018)

Reached 2r on Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Keys)

Other clay court highlights included 2r at Charleston (as qualifier, l. Sevastova) and fourth ITF Circuit title at $60k

ITF/Indian Harbour Beach, FL-USA. Fell in qualifying at Rabat and Madrid


MATCH NOTES

VENUS WILLIAMS

2017

R16 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) 6-2 6-1

2016

R16 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #12) 6-1 6-7(2) 6-3

2015

R1 L - SABINE LISICKI (GER #24) 6-0 6-3

2014

F L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #5) 6-4 6-2

2013

R1 L - KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #13) 0-6 6-4 6-2

2009

R2 L - KATERYNA BONDARENKO (UKR #64) 1-6 7-5 6-4

1997

R2 L - NATHALIE DECHY (FRA #115) 6-1 1-6 6-1

1995

R1 L - SABINE APPELMANS (BEL #33) 6-4 7-6(3)


from


Posted career-best result at Premier Mandatory-level Indian Wells – as a wildcard (ranked No.165), defeated Rogers and

No.30 seed Cibulkova before falling to World No.1 Halep in 3r

Indian Wells marked only third time consisting a tour-level main draw; was also first time she has won back-to-back main

draw matches in her career

Also had QF run at WTA 125K Series event staged at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden (l. Anisimova)

Began season with qualifying exits at Brisbane and Australian Open

Since Australian Open fell in qualifying at WTA 125K Series event at Newport Beach, and suffered early exits at $25k

ITF/Surprise, AZ-USA and $25k ITF/Rancho Santa Fe, CA-USA

Career

Highlight of 2017 season was reaching first tour-level QF at Québec City (as qualifier, l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck).

Achieved then career-best ranking of No.137 following the tournament (September 18, 2017)

Also in 2017 reached 2r at Stanford (as qualifier, l. Keys) and won second and third ITF Circuit titles of career, at $60k

ITF/Winnipeg-CAN and $25k ITF/Surprise, AZ-USA

Fell in qualifying at US Open and WTA events in Indian Wells, Nottingham, Cincinnati, Linz and Luxembourg

Finished 2016 ranked No.348

Highlight of 2016 season was coming through qualifying to win maiden ITF Circuit title at $10k ITF/Buffalo, NY-USA on clay

(d. Herring in F). Also won doubles at same tournament w/Neel

Also in 2016 finished R-Up at $25k ITF/Stillwater, OK-USA and reached two further ITF Circuit SFs

Made professional debut at $10k ITF/Hilton Head Island 2, SC-USA (lost in qualifying)

Owns three singles and three doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Grand Slam History

Reached 2r on Grand Slam debut at 2018 Roland Garros (l. Keys)

Only other main draw appearance at a major was 1r exit at 2018 Wimbledon (as LL, l. Gavrilova)

Lost in qualifying at Australian Open in 2018 and US Open in 2016 and 2017

Other Information

Born Hinsdale, Illinois

Started playing tennis aged 5

Hobbies include music and travelling

Coached by Roger Anderson of the USTA

V.WILLIAMS:

Montréal

Making ninth appearance at Rogers Cup; runner-up in 2014, having defeated her sister Serena in SF, l.

A.Radwanska in F

Has lost her opening match at this event on five occasions at Rogers Cup, most recently to Lisicki in 2015

Faces No.124 Siniakova today; loss would be worst-by-ranking since being upset by No.223 Peng at 2016 Beijing

Oldest of 10 thirtysomethings in the draw at 2018 Rogers Cup

Owns 460-133 career win-loss record on hard courts (.776) – only S.Williams (483-78 – .861) and Sharapova

(351-98 – .782) own a better winning percentage among active players

Bidding for 50th career title this week. Lifted last trophy at 2016 Kaohsiung (d. Doi in F)

Season

Coming off QF exit at San Jose (l. eventual R-Up Sakkari)

Reached 3r of Wimbledon in only appearance on grass this year (l. Bertens)

Ended clay court season with 1r exit at Roland Garros (l. Q.Wang). In other outings on clay, reached R16 at

Rome (l. Kontaveit) and fell 1r at Madrid (l. Kontaveit in 3s)

Advanced to QF at Miami (l. qualifier Collins); had saved 3mp vs. Bertens in 3r

Miami run followed SF effort at Indian Wells (l. Kasatkina). Defeated S.Williams in 3r – now trails

head-to-head record with sister 17-12

Winnings at Indian Wells took her career total past $40 million – S.Williams ($84 million) is the only other

player to pass this milestone

Opened the year with back-to-back opening match losses at Sydney (after 1r bye, l. eventual champion

Kerber) and the Australian Open (l. Bencic)

In February, went 2-0 in singles representing USA in Fed Cup action vs. Netherlands (d. Rus, Hogenkamp)

Also teamed with sister Serena at Fed Cup for her first competitive match back since giving birth in

September 2017 (in dead doubles rubber l. Kerkhove/Schuurs)

Grand Slam History 2018 Wimbledon marked 79th Grand Slam main draw appearance – the Open Era record, ahead of Frazier (71),

Schiavone (70), S.Williams (68) and Navratilova (67)

Is a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, winning Wimbledon five times: 2000-01 2005 and 2007-08.

Also won US Open in 2000 (d. Davenport in F) and 2001 (d. S.Williams in F)

In addition, a nine-time Grand Slam R-Up across all four majors: Wimbledon (2002-03, 2009 and 2017), US Open

(1997, 2002), Roland Garros (2002) and Australian Open (2003, 2017)

The span between her maiden Grand Slam final at the US Open in 1997 and last year’s Wimbledon is the longest in

Open Era history:

PLAYER YEARS

Venus Williams 1997-2017 Martina Navratilova 1975-1994

Serena Williams 1999-2017 Chris Evert 1973-1988

2017 Australian Open final vs. Serena marked first Slam title bout in seven and half years (2009 Wimbledon – l.

S.Williams). In the Open Era, no player has waited so long to reach another Grand Slam final – Mauresmo waited

seven years between finishing R-Up at 1999 Australian Open and winning 2006 Australian Open. Also, at 36 years

of age, became oldest finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era

Title match at 2016 Australian Open between Venus and Serena was the oldest combined age of any Grand

Slam final match-up in the Open Era (71 years, and 351 days), beating the previous record set by Flavia Pennetta

and Roberta Vinci (66 years, 19 days) at the 2015 US Open

Owns 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all w/S.Williams), most recently winning 2016 Wimbledon. Haul includes two US

Opens (1999, 2009)

In mixed doubles, won Australian Open (w/Gimelstob) and Roland Garros (w/Gimelstob, d. S.Willams/Lobo in F) in

1998

Career

Ended 2017 season as runner-up at WTA Finals (l. Wozniacki). Oldest player to ever reach the title bout at the season

finale

Reached two other finals in 2017, at Australian Open (l. S.Williams) and Wimbledon (l. Muguruza)– only player

last season to reach two Grand Slam finals

Returned to Top 10 in WTA Rankings by reaching Wimbledon final. Is the third oldest player to rank in Top 10

in WTA history behind Billie Jean King (September 26, 1983 – 39 years, 322 days) and Martina Navratilova

(December 26, 1994 - 38 years, 75 days)

2016 season highlights including winning 49th career singles title at Kaohsiung (d. Doi), and reaching 80th

career singles final at Stanford (l. Konta). Is fifth‐oldest player to win a WTA singles title, behind Billie Jean

King (39) at 1983 Birmingham, Kimiko Date (38) at 2009 Seoul, Martina Navratilova (37) at 1994 Paris

[Indoors] and Francesca Schiavone (36) at 2017 Bogotá

With 49 titles, currently 11th on list of Open Era titleholders, chasing Monica Seles (53 titles)

At Grand Slam level in 2016, advanced to SF at Wimbledon (l. Kerber) which was first time reaching that stage at

a major since 2010 US Open. Also reached R16 at 2016 Roland Garros (l. Bacsinszky) and 2016 US Open (l.

eventual R‐Up Ka.Pliskova)

Represented USA at Rio Olympics, falling 1r in singles (l. Flipkens), 1r in doubles (w/S.Williams, l. eventual

bronze medalists Safarova/Strycova) and winning a silver medal in the mixed doubles (w/Ram, l.

Mattek‐Sands/Sock)

Returned to Top 10 for first time since March 2011 following victory in final of the 2015 WTA Elite Trophy

Was diagnosed with Sjögrens Syndrome in 2011, missing the end of that season and start of 2012

Won singles gold medal at 2000 Sydney Olympics (d. Dementieva in F); has won doubles gold three times with

sister Serena, at Sydney, Beijing and London

Spent 11 weeks at world No.1 in singles (first ascended to top spot week of February 25, 2002) and topped the

doubles rankings for eight weeks in 2010

Made WTA main draw debut at Oakland in 1994; as unranked WC, defeated Stafford in 1r before falling to

then‐world No.2 Sánchez Vicario in three sets

Other Information

Owns interior design company, VStarr Interiors. Also set up clothing line called EleVen, designing her own

on-court outfits

In 2015 received Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East

Coached by Richard Williams, Oracene Price and David Witt


MATCH NOTES

MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #22) vs. [Q] SESIL KARATANTCHEVA (BUL #229)


2010 GRASS O QF MARIA SHARAPOVA 73 mins6-2 6-4 BIRMINGHAM

2005 GRASS O R2 MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-0 6-1 WIMBLEDON

2005 HARD O R1 MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-3 6-1 AUSTRALIAN OPEN

2004 HARD O R3 MARIA SHARAPOVA 3-6 6-3 6-2 INDIAN WELLS

MARIA SHARAPOVA

22

23

19-04-1987 (31)

$1,017,633

$38,047,109

0 / 36

0 / 3

15-9 / 591-155

5-6 / 162-59

2-3 / 72-62

SESIL KARATANTCHEVA

229

328

08-08-1989 (28)

$35,465

$1,289,924

0 / 0

0 / 0

2-2

0-0 / 50-73

0-0 / 18-23

0-0 / 7-9

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






9-5

0-0 / 30-40 5-4 / 351-98

2-1 / 53-15 0-0 / 3-6

2-3 / 96-65 0-0 / 0-11

4-5 / 169-98 0-0 / 2-18





Rnd = Duration

Rnd Result Duration


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SHARAPOVA:

Montréal



Faces qualifier Karatantcheva in 1r today. Owns 1-2 record against qualifiers in 2018: d. Hogenkamp (Roland Garros), l. Niculescu (Doha), l. Diatchenko (Wimbledon)

One of 10 thirtysomethings in starting field

Owns 351-98 career win-loss record on hard courts (.782) – only S.Williams (483-78 – .861) owns a better



Season






MATCH NOTES

MARIA SHARAPOVA

2014


2011


2009


2008


2004


2003


SESIL KARATANTCHEVA

2015

R1-Q L - CARINA WITTHOEFT (GER #56) 3-6 6-4 6-4

2013

R1-Q L - PETRA MARTIC (CRO #97) 6-1 6-3

2012

R2 L - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #23) 6-4 6-4

2008

R1-Q L - CARA BLACK (ZIM #1,063) 7-6(6) 7-5

2005

R2 L - NADIA PETROVA (RUS #10) 4-6 6-1 6-4


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Career













Grand Slam History






Other Information



Began training at Bollettieri Academy at age 9 (required two-year separation from mother due to visa restrictions and finances)




KARATANTCHEVA:

Montréal

Making third Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall)

Reached 2r in 2005 (l. Petrova) and 2012 (as qualifier, l. Safarova)

Won 10 of the last 12 games to defeat Cabrera in the final round of qualifying


Last WTA main draw appearance was 1r exit at 2017 Bucharest

Faces No.22 Sharapova in 1r today. Last Top 50 win came against No.50 Rybarikova in 2015 Cincinnati qualifying

Ranked No.229, is the second-lowest-ranked player in the draw (after fellow qualifier and No.232 Krejcikova)

Season

Contested qualifying at Washington DC and Bucharest

On grass, fell in qualifying at Birmingham and Wimbledon – most recent Grand Slam main draw appearance was 1r exit at 2015 US Open

Clay court season ended with qualifying exit at Roland Garros. Highlights of spring were runs to SF at $80k ITF/Dothan, AL-USA and QF at $80k Charlottesville, VA-USA

Has played a mix of WTA qualifying and ITF Circuit events. Began season with qualifying exit at Australian Open, before further exits at St. Petersburg, Doha and Charleston

Career

Finished 2017 ranked No.176 (up from No.212 in 2016)

Highlight of 2017 campaign was winning the eighth ITF Circuit title of her career at $60k Las Vegas, NV-USA

At tour level in 2017, fell 1r at Bucharest in qualifying at Australian Open, Indian Wells, Charleston and US Open

Owns a 2-18 lifetime record vs. Top 20 opponents (all levels), wins coming a decade ago over No.13 V.Williams at 2005

Roland Garros and No.19 Jankovic at 2005 Moscow

Best result of 2015 season was reaching SF at Acapulco (as a LL, l. Bacsinszky); was first tour-level SF since reaching

the last four at 2010 Pattaya City

WTA doubles finalist at 2008 Bad Gastein (w/Zoric)

Posted one Top 50 season finish, at No.35 in 2005 (also career-high rank)

Made WTA main draw debut at 2004 Indian Wells (reached 3r, l. Sharapova in 3s)

On ITF Circuit, has won eight singles titles

Made first appearances on ITF Circuit in 2003

Junior highlights include winning 2004 Roland Garros title

Grand Slam History

Has made 14 Grand Slam main draw appearances. Fell 1r on Grand Slam debut at 2004 US Open (l. eventual

champion Kuznetsova)

Best result is reaching QF at 2005 Roland Garros, a run that included a defeat of V.Williams in 3r; was 15 years old at

the time – was youngest quarterfinalist in Paris since Capriati in 1990

Also reached 2r at US Open in 2005, Wimbledon in 2005 and Australian Open in 2009

Other Information

Changed nationality from Bulgaria to Kazakhstan in January 2009, but changed back again in 2014

Has trained at Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy (he saw her play at 2003 Eddie Herr junior event and offered her a

three-week scholarship)

Coached by father, Radoslav Karatanchev

Father, who placed seventh in World Cup of Rowing, was a Bulgarian National Champion and mother, a volleyball

player, was also a Bulgarian National Champion


MATCH NOTES

[WC] FRANCOISE ABANDA (CAN #191) vs. [Q] KIRSTEN FLIPKENS (BEL #47)


FRANCOISE ABANDA

191

318

05-02-1997 (21)

$40,020

$446,364

0 / 0

0 / 0

0-0 / 9-19

0-0 / 3-5

0-0 / 1-5

KIRSTEN FLIPKENS

47

42

10-01-1986 (32)

$447,936

$4,261,650

0 / 1

1 / 3

3-3

17-13 / 179-188

10-2 / 68-56

8-3 / 54-40

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






1-4

5-6 / 111-113 0-0 / 4-13

0-0 / 1-1 2-1 / 15-18

0-0 / 0-0 0-0 / 5-26

0-0 / 0-6 1-4 / 11-55





Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


FRANCOISE ABANDA

2017


2016


2015


2014


2012


6-0 6-3

KIRSTEN FLIPKENS

2017

R2 L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #4) 7-5 6-2

2014

R1 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #31) 6-0 4-6 6-2

2013

R16 L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-0 6-3


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ABANDA:

Montréal Making fifth Rogers Cup main draw appearance (sixth overall); one of four wildcards in draw (also Azarenka and

fellow Canadians Bouchard and Zhao)

Only main draw win came in 2016 when she reached 2r (d. S.Zheng, l. Svitolina). Fell 1r in 2014 (l. Cibulkova), 2015

(l. Petkovic) and 2017 (l. Safarova)

Best result by a wildcard at Rogers Cup were both by Seles, who won the title in 1995 and 1997

Faces No.47 Flipkens today; most recent Top 50 victory came over No.31 Putintseva during Canada’s 3-2 Fed Cup

World Group play-off win over Kazakhstan in April 2017

2018 Toronto is the 16th tour level main draw tournament of her career; previous appearances came at


Québec City (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Roland Garros (2017) and Wimbledon (2017) – best result was QF run at

2017 Québec City

Season Suffered 2r exit in opening summer hard court tournament, at $60K ITF/Ashland, KY-USA


On clay, contested qualifying at Roland Garros and Charleston. Also made QF at $60k ITF/Indian Harbour Beach,

FL-USA and 2r at $100k ITF/Trnava-SVK

Suffered qualifying exits at Indian Wells and Miami. On ITF Circuit, reached 2r at $100k ITF/Midland, MI-USA and

$25k ITF/Surprise, AZ-USA







Is 0-6 in her career to date vs. Top 20 opponents: l. No.12 Cibulkova (2014 Montréal), No.19 V.Williams (2014

Québec City), No.16 Petkovic (2015 Toronto), No.20 Svitolina (2016 Montréal), No.12 Wozniacki (2017 Roland

Garros) and No.13 Ostapenko (2017 Wimbledon)




ITF/Redding, CA-USA

Other ITF Circuit title came in January 2014 at $25k ITF/Port St Lucie, FL-USA; also owns two doubles titles at this

level


Made Fed Cup debut for Canada in February 2015, falling to Ka.Pliskova in World Group 1r, but posted then-best

career win over No.33 Begu of Romania in World Group play-offs in April 2015







world

Grand Slam History Best result are 2r showings at 2017 Roland Garros (as qualifier, l. Wozniacki) and 2017 Wimbledon (as qualifier,

Ostapenko)



Other Information Began playing tennis at age seven after her elder sister Élisabeth began playing two years earlier; Élisabeth also

played tennis professionally and is a student at Barry University





FLIPKENS:

Montréal

Making fourth appearance at Rogers Cup. Best result was R16 showing on debut in 2013 (d. V.Williams in 1r, l.

eventual champion S.Williams)

Won 10 of the last 12 games to defeat Sestini Hlavackova in the final round of qualifying


Faces No.191 Abanda in 1r today; has lost three times to players ranked outside the Top 100 in 2018, against

No.185 Chiesa at St. Petersburg (qualifying), No.130 Lapko at Lugano and No.105 Riske at Nürnberg

Arrives in Montréal in good form, compiling a 15-4 record since mid-May, highlighted by R-Up finish at

's-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic)

One of three Belgian women to begin main draw here; also Mertens and Van Uytvanck

Season

Finished impressive grass court campaign by reaching 2r at Wimbledon (l. Ostapenko)

Entered Wimbledon having won both singles and doubles titles at $100k ITF/Southsea-GBR – d. British No.3

Boulter in F

R-Up at 's-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic in final), taking record in WTA singles finals to 1-3; also reached final in doubles

at 's-Hertogenbosch (w/Bertens) – career doubles final record now stands at 3-5

Clay court season culminated with 2r exit at Roland Garros (l. Kasatkina) and SF run at Nürnberg – defeated

defending champion Bertens in QF before falling to eventual R-Up Riske

After beating No.18 Bertens now has 11 career wins over Top 20 opponents – is 1-4 in 2018

Also doubles finalist at Nürnberg (w/Larsson). Lost to Schuurs/Srebotnik in F

Achieved career-high doubles ranking of No.35 this season (achieved April 16, 2018)

Fell in qualifying at Madrid

Made 1r exit at Istanbul (l. Errani) and 3r run at Rabat (l. Tomljanovic)

Reached QF at Lugano (l. qualifier Lapko); also won third career doubles title there with countrywoman Mertens

(d. Lapko/Sabalenka in F).

Scored one match win across the Sunshine Double in March; fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Makarova) but reached 2r at

Miami (l. Konta)

Fell 1r at Indian Wells (l. Makarova)

Reached 2r at Budapest before falling to eventual runner-up Cibulkova. Also R-Up in doubles (w/Larsson, l. Garcia

Perez/Stollar)

Fell in qualifying at St Petersburg

Came within two points of defeat before defeating Riske in 1r of Australian Open, falling in 2r to Rybarikova in 3s

Began season with a three-set victory over No.54 Vekic in Auckland, before falling in 2r to Hercog. Battled through

qualifying to reach R16 in Hobart before withdrawing due to shoulder pain before her match against Riske

Career

Including runner-up finish at 2018 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Krunic) owns 1-3 record in WTA singles finals; also finished

runner-up at 2016 Monterrey (l. Watson) and 2013 ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Halep); title came at 2012 Québec City (d.

Hradecka in F)

2017 marked eighth Top 100 season in past eight years, including a Top 20 finish in 2013 (at No.20)

Highlights of 2017 season in singles included QF runs at Acapulco (l. Mladenovic) and New Haven (l. Gavrilova)

Won second WTA doubles title of career at ‘s-Hertogenbosch (w/Cibulkova, d. Bertens/Schuurs in F). Also reached

doubles final twice in 2017, at Nürnberg (w/ Larsson, l. Melichar/Smith in F) and Luxembourg (w/ Bouchard, l.

Kerkhove/Marozava in F)

Posted 24 main draw match wins in 2016, the most since 2013 when she won 32 matches

Reached QF at 2016 New Haven (as LL, l. eventual champion A.Radwanska) – marked first QF at Premier level in

two years, since her run to same stage at 2014 New Haven. Also a quarterfinalist at International-level Auckland,

Katowice and Tashkent in 2016

Represented Belgium at Rio Olympics, advancing to R16 in singles (l. Siegemund) – upset No.6 V.Williams in 1r –

and reaching 2r in doubles (w/Wickmayer, l. Muguruza/Suárez Navarro)

Won first WTA doubles title of career at 2016 Seoul (w/Larsson)

Underwent surgery on right wrist on October 25, 2010. Battled injuries in first half of 2012, including blood clots in

calf discovered in April; off tour for two months causing ranking to dropp as low as No.262 in June that year

Set career-high singles ranking of No.13 on August 5, 2013

Owns two Top 5 career wins, against No.2 Muguruza at 2016 Mallorca and No.5 Stosur at 2012 ‘s-Hertogenbosch

Member of the Belgian Fed Cup team that reached the competition’s final in 2006. Also played 2003-13, 2015-17

On ITF Circuit won 13 singles and one doubles title; played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2001

Junior champion at 2003 Wimbledon (d. Chakvetadze in F) and 2003 US Open (d. Krajicek in F); subsequently

named ITF Junior World Champion

Grand Slam History


Best Grand Slam result to date came at 2013 Wimbledon after defeating No.8 Kvitova in three sets to advance to

the SF (l. eventual champion, No.15 Bartoli)

Enjoyed best Grand Slam year in 2013, when she reached R16 at Australian Open (l. No.2 Sharapova), 2r at Roland

Garros (l. Schiavone), and SF at Wimbledon (l. Bartoli)

Achieved best US Open result in 2009 when she advanced to 3r (l. fellow Belgian Clijsters)

Has reached 2r – but never further – on seven occasions at Roland Garros

Other Information

Began playing tennis at age four

Speaks four languages: English, Dutch, French, and German

Coached by Maxime Braeckman


MATCH NOTES

TATJANA MARIA (GER #81) vs. ALIZÉ CORNET (FRA #34)

Head to Head: TATJANA MARIA leads 2-1

2016 CLAY O R2 ALIZÉ CORNET 167 mins6-3 6-7(5) 6-4 ROLAND GARROS

2007 CLAY O QF TATJANA MARIA 3-6 7-5 6-0 CAGNES-SUR-MER

2006 HARD I R16 TATJANA MARIA 6-0 6-4 BIBERACH

TATJANA MARIA

81

100

08-08-1987 (30)

$378,771

$2,422,471

1 / 1

1 / 3

9-17 / 65-127

5-4 / 17-30

3-2 / 13-18

ALIZÉ CORNET

34

37

22-01-1990 (28)

$498,936

$6,384,415

1 / 6

0 / 3

5-6

18-16 / 274-264

3-5 / 93-88

5-1 / 56-55

WTA RANKING


DATE OF BIRTH (AGE)

YTD PRIZE MONEY

CAREER PRIZE MONEY



MONTREAL W-L (MD) *






0-0

7-8 / 160-154 1-11 / 19-63

1-0 / 3-2 1-1 / 21-16

1-0 / 3-7 2-3 / 16-47

2-1 / 5-18 3-4 / 35-96





Rnd Result Duration

Rnd Result Duration


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MARIA:

Montréal

Making main draw debut at the Rogers Cup, having previously fallen in qualifying in 2009 and 2017

Granted main draw berth after S.Williams’ late withdrawal

Faces Cornet in 1r today – three of their four career meetings have gone to three sets

One of 10 thirtysomethings contesting this year’s draw

Season

Comin off 1r exit at Washington DC (l. Putintseva)

Made 2r at Wimbledon (d. No.5 Svitolina, l. Mladenovic). After upset of Svitolina now owns a 3-7 career record against

Top 10 players; also defeated No.10 Li at 2010 Kuala Lumpur and No.7 Bouchard at 2015 Miami

Won first WTA singles title at Mallorca (d. No.20 Sevastova in F). Opened grass court swing with 1r exit at

‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. Riske)

Went 2-4 on clay, reaching 2r at Charleston (l. Barty) and Bogotá (l. Seguel), and 1r exits at Strasbourg (l. eventual

champion Pavlyuchenkova) and Roland Garros (l. Flipkens)

Did not win a match at a WTA tournament in 2018 prior to Charleston, falling in 1r at Brisbane (l. Lucic-Baroni), Hobart

(l. Vekic), Australian Open (l. Sharapova), St. Petersburg (l. Potapova), Doha (l. Witthoeft), Budapest (l. Babos), Acapulco

(l. Voegele), Indian Wells (l. Martic) and Miami (l. Witthoeft)

Won third career WTA doubles title at Acapulco (w/Watson, d. Christian/Santamaria in F)

In February, helped Germany defeat Belarus in Fed Cup play; went 1-1 in singles (d. Lapko, l. Sabalenka) and won

doubles (w/Groenefeld, d. Marozava/Sabalenka)


MATCH NOTES

TATJANA MARIA

2017

L - HEATHER WATSON (GBR #71) R2-Q 6-3 7-6(8)

2009

L - MARIA KIRILENKO (RUS #58) R1-Q 6-3 6-4

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Career

Clinched maiden WTA singles title at 2018 Mallorca (d. No.20 Sevastova in F)

Finished 2017 by cracking into the Top 50 for the first time in her career; jumped 69 spots from No.115 in 2016 to a

career-high No.46 in 2017

Played 33 tournaments in 2017, more than any other player, a feat all the more notable for the fact she was joined at

all but a few tournaments by her young daughter, Charlotte

Reached first career WTA SF of career at 2017 Québec City (l. eventual champion Van Uytvanck); also made three QF

appearances across the season, at Rabat (l. Schiavone), Bucharest (l. Suárez Navarro) and Linz (l. Strycova), taking

number of career QF to seven (first was at 2009 Barcelona)

Posted just four tour-level wins in 2016; three coming on clay, during 2r appearances at Bogotá (l. Goncalves), Rabat (l.

Putintseva) and Roland Garros (l. Cornet)

In 2016, advanced to back-to-back doubles finals at Bogotá and Rabat – lifted the title at Bogotá (w/Arruabarrena) but

lost the Rabat final (w/Olaru). Bogotá doubles triumph was second WTA doubles title (also 2012 Québec City

w/Mladenovic)

Defeated No.10 Li at 2010 Kuala Lumpur for first career Top 10 victory, prior to posting career-best win by ranking

over No.7 Bouchard at 2015 Miami – owns a 2-7 lifetime record against Top 10 players

Owner of three WTA doubles titles at 2012 Québec City (w/Mladenovic), 2016 Bogotá (w/Arruabarrena) and 2018

Acapulco (w/Watson); owns 3-4 record in doubles finals

Winner of 15 singles – including two in 2017 – and 15 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2001 and made WTA main draw debut in 2006

Grand Slam History

2018 Wimbledon marked her 25th Grand Slam main draw, having made her major debut at 2007 Wimbledon (l.

Kanepi in 1r)

Best result across the majors came at 2015 Wimbledon, where she reached 3r (d. Jovanovski and Duan, l. Keys)

Has reached 2r at the other three majors on multiple occasions – in 2017, reached 2r at three of four majors for first

time in career

Other Information

Husband and coach is Charles Edouard Maria (married April 8, 2013 – formerly Tatjana Malek)

Gave birth to daughter, Charlotte, on December 20, 2013 and was back on the tennis circuit by the following April

During pregnancy break, decided to switch from two-hander to one-handed backhand

Began playing at age 4 when introduced to tennis by parents

CORNET:

Montréal

Making seventh Rogers Cup main draw appearance (eighth overall)

Best results were R16 showings in 2013 (l. Errani) and 2015 (l. A.Radwanska)

Faces No.81 Maria today. Has lost to opponents ranked outside the Top 50 on nine occasions in 2018: No.88

Sasnovich (Brisbane), No.57 Buzarnescu (Hobart), No.139 Peterson (Acapulco), No.136 Zhuk (Indian Wells),

No.119 Voegele (Lugano), No.158 Kostyuk (Stuttgart – qualifying), No.74 Parmentier (Roland Garros), No.89

Bondarenko (Eastbourne) and No.217 Siegemund (Moscow)

One of three Frenchwomen in draw (also Garcia and Mladenovic)

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Siegemund)

On grass, made 2r at Birmingham (l. Svitolina) and fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. Bondarenko) and Wimbledon (l. Cibulkova)


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Grand Slam History

Made Grand Slam – and WTA main draw debut – as a 15‐year‐old at 2005 Roland Garros, advancing to 2r (l.

Mauresmo)

Reached R16 on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2009 (l. Safina), Wimbledon in 2014 (l. eventual runner‐up


Best showing at US Open is 3r (2007‐08, 2013‐14)

Won 2007 Roland Garros girls’ singles (d. Duque-Mariño in F)

2018 Wimbledon marked 47th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance – the longest streak among

active players. However, among active players also has the most Grand Slam appearances (49) without

reaching a quarterfinal

Other Information

Father is Francis (retired); mother is Patricia; brother is Sébastien (PhD, also her agent)

Currently coached by Simon Goffin

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